diff --git a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
index c0816b10ebb2..9a11b5348878 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_interface/src/tests.rs
@@ -558,8 +558,8 @@ fn test_debugging_options_tracking_hash() {
     tracked!(human_readable_cgu_names, true);
     tracked!(inline_in_all_cgus, Some(true));
     tracked!(inline_mir, Some(true));
-    tracked!(inline_mir_threshold, 123);
-    tracked!(inline_mir_hint_threshold, 123);
+    tracked!(inline_mir_threshold, Some(123));
+    tracked!(inline_mir_hint_threshold, Some(123));
     tracked!(insert_sideeffect, true);
     tracked!(instrument_coverage, true);
     tracked!(instrument_mcount, true);
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/inline.rs b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/inline.rs
index daf91c676a12..16410175bd25 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/inline.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_mir/src/transform/inline.rs
@@ -349,9 +349,9 @@ impl Inliner<'tcx> {
         let tcx = self.tcx;
 
         let mut threshold = if callee_attrs.requests_inline() {
-            self.tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.inline_mir_hint_threshold
+            self.tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.inline_mir_hint_threshold.unwrap_or(100)
         } else {
-            self.tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.inline_mir_threshold
+            self.tcx.sess.opts.debugging_opts.inline_mir_threshold.unwrap_or(50)
         };
 
         // Give a bonus functions with a small number of blocks,
diff --git a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
index 55691463a1f5..e2b6b1dc2437 100644
--- a/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
+++ b/compiler/rustc_session/src/options.rs
@@ -959,9 +959,9 @@ options! {DebuggingOptions, DebuggingSetter, basic_debugging_options,
         "verify incr. comp. hashes of green query instances (default: no)"),
     inline_mir: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
         "enable MIR inlining (default: no)"),
-    inline_mir_threshold: usize = (50, parse_uint, [TRACKED],
+    inline_mir_threshold: Option<usize> = (None, parse_opt_uint, [TRACKED],
         "a default MIR inlining threshold (default: 50)"),
-    inline_mir_hint_threshold: usize = (100, parse_uint, [TRACKED],
+    inline_mir_hint_threshold: Option<usize> = (None, parse_opt_uint, [TRACKED],
         "inlining threshold for functions with inline hint (default: 100)"),
     inline_in_all_cgus: Option<bool> = (None, parse_opt_bool, [TRACKED],
         "control whether `#[inline]` functions are in all CGUs"),