diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
index c1899f109e19..450e979ef5d9 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,8 @@ config CAVIUM_CN63XXP1
 config CAVIUM_OCTEON_CVMSEG_SIZE
 	int "Number of L1 cache lines reserved for CVMSEG memory"
 	range 0 54
-	default 1
+	default 0 if !CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
+	default 1 if CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC
 	help
 	  CVMSEG LM is a segment that accesses portions of the dcache as a
 	  local memory; the larger CVMSEG is, the smaller the cache is.