diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e41d84d0b36d26b9e0ec9113630e60e80f9c2ce7..6278f17bd5440ddfe0622ef42a14c5caf2693b45 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ config ARM
 	select OLD_SIGACTION
 	select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
+	select REFCOUNT_FULL
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION
 	# Above selects are sorted alphabetically; please add new ones