diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 9905e2e85de4..328ed8dbfa04 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -862,6 +862,9 @@ config GPIO_TXX9
 config CFE
 	bool
 
+config ARCH_DMA_ADDR_T_64BIT
+	def_bool (HIGHMEM && 64BIT_PHYS_ADDR) || 64BIT
+
 config DMA_COHERENT
 	bool