diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 4d98774cf3c799984fe3f572e04db6b10f27dd97..3aed13626fd758cddf2e38bf5904f90e8a6dfd79 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -1051,6 +1051,7 @@ config ARM64_PAN
 
 config ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS
 	bool "Atomic instructions"
+	default y
 	help
 	  As part of the Large System Extensions, ARMv8.1 introduces new
 	  atomic instructions that are designed specifically to scale in
@@ -1059,7 +1060,8 @@ config ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS
 	  Say Y here to make use of these instructions for the in-kernel
 	  atomic routines. This incurs a small overhead on CPUs that do
 	  not support these instructions and requires the kernel to be
-	  built with binutils >= 2.25.
+	  built with binutils >= 2.25 in order for the new instructions
+	  to be used.
 
 config ARM64_VHE
 	bool "Enable support for Virtualization Host Extensions (VHE)"