diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
index 5d80521e5d5a..714169e411cf 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/generic_defconfig
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ CONFIG_MIPS_CPS=y
 CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=16
 CONFIG_MIPS_O32_FP64_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL=y
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y