diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/config b/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/config
index 2fde30191a47..a7e8cd5bb265 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/config
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE=y
 CONFIG_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION=y
 CONFIG_MEMORY_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT=m
+CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE=y