diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index b4ca115b3be1..b13621e3bb19 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -88,6 +88,7 @@ CONFIG_XEN=y
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_HIBERNATION=y
+CONFIG_WQ_POWER_EFFICIENT_DEFAULT=y
 CONFIG_ARM_CPUIDLE=y
 CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
 CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT=y