diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index b557fa578e62..75f26d1f11ab 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -488,6 +488,7 @@ config MACH_LOONGSON64
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_ZBOOT
 	select ZONE_DMA32
 	select NUMA
+	select SMP
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select USE_OF
 	select BUILTIN_DTB
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
index a5005c8cee8a..38a817ead8e7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/loongson3_defconfig
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 CONFIG_MACH_LOONGSON64=y
 CONFIG_CPU_HAS_MSA=y
-CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
 CONFIG_HZ_256=y
 CONFIG_KEXEC=y