diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 951e18f5335b..7c93c7eb0e56 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ config PPC
 	select IRQ_PER_CPU
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW_LEVEL
+	select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
 	select HAVE_RCU_TABLE_FREE if SMP
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
 	select HAVE_BPF_JIT if (PPC64 && NET)