diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 1b3a30361f9c..32506dfa5e73 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
 	select HAVE_UID16
+	select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
 	select KTIME_SCALAR
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 	select RTC_LIB