diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 2e83edc4e515b5114acb1ad30512d7893599019e..cb7fcc4216fdfa5d25e6a76265efc0b66b81e0ad 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -2249,6 +2249,7 @@ config CPU_R4K_CACHE_TLB
 
 config MIPS_MT_SMP
 	bool "MIPS MT SMP support (1 TC on each available VPE)"
+	default y
 	depends on SYS_SUPPORTS_MULTITHREADING && !CPU_MIPSR6 && !CPU_MICROMIPS
 	select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_VI
 	select CPU_MIPSR2_IRQ_EI
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/malta_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/malta_defconfig
index 078ecac071aba6f9a6a69510151144d8bea3da0e..396408404487e1a248bd331b228bc1d4199dc111 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/malta_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/malta_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
 CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_16KB=y
-CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
 CONFIG_HZ_100=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_defconfig
index 80ecd94ed1263f4ce85494f361d1592989624b2c..5691673a332772dedd4af5c80af14c2102e79d88 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
 CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_16KB=y
-CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
 CONFIG_HZ_100=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_guest_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_guest_defconfig
index 35ad1f8d1a79cd015141fbf7c97f053f43bb6f61..e9cadb37d684f74321c508abf61e0df2b4951353 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_guest_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/malta_kvm_guest_defconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
 CONFIG_KVM_GUEST=y
 CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_16KB=y
+# CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP is not set
 CONFIG_HZ_100=y
 CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_defconfig
index 55b68b981b057c56e2216fe6fc85545606b0088b..d8c8f5fb89180f956221cc3f913e7867d703b88a 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_defconfig
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ CONFIG_MIPS_MALTA=y
 CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
 CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_16KB=y
-CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_CPS=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_eva_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_eva_defconfig
index 5ca590cf163581e69c0be8417536ea4d2ca8c550..04827bc9f87f97dd5aad599cc10fa9eb4fd22720 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_eva_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/maltasmvp_eva_defconfig
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_R2=y
 CONFIG_CPU_MIPS32_3_5_FEATURES=y
 CONFIG_PAGE_SIZE_16KB=y
-CONFIG_MIPS_MT_SMP=y
 CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
 CONFIG_MIPS_CPS=y
 CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8