diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index c3abed332301..e12764c2a9d0 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -114,6 +114,7 @@ config BCM47XX
 	select FW_CFE
 	select HW_HAS_PCI
 	select IRQ_CPU
+	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select NO_EXCEPT_FILL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_32BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
diff --git a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/Kconfig b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/Kconfig
index ba611927749b..2b8b118398c4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/bcm47xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/bcm47xx/Kconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ if BCM47XX
 
 config BCM47XX_SSB
 	bool "SSB Support for Broadcom BCM47XX"
-	select SYS_HAS_CPU_MIPS32_R1
 	select SSB
 	select SSB_DRIVER_MIPS
 	select SSB_DRIVER_EXTIF