diff --git a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
index b0a47433341e4164988c8332ff85b1560eb11252..1e638e75a6b70a342f00ed5565a4541f1f57533d 100644
--- a/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/unicore32/Kconfig
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ config UNICORE32
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
+	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZO
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA
 	select ARCH_HAVE_CUSTOM_GPIO_H