diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 7a5fe5d131dcd4426ed892bc0d6a8a557be350df..27ec471fb5bbdd7b937c2fd5a634a821b3553550 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_MEMBLOCK
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION
-	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if (!CPU_32v6K || !AEABI)
+	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if (CPU_V6 || !CPU_32v6K || !AEABI)
 	select HAVE_OPROFILE if (HAVE_PERF_EVENTS)
 	select HAVE_ARCH_KGDB
 	select HAVE_KPROBES if (!XIP_KERNEL && !THUMB2_KERNEL)