diff --git a/arch/arc/Kconfig b/arch/arc/Kconfig
index 9d5fd00d9e91bf0caa066bc0597475723a014328..6a232f7c5f62ac8ad2d4afa74b5da6eb07389ebe 100644
--- a/arch/arc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arc/Kconfig
@@ -487,7 +487,6 @@ config ARC_CURR_IN_REG
 
 config ARC_EMUL_UNALIGNED
 	bool "Emulate unaligned memory access (userspace only)"
-	default N
 	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_NO_WARN
 	select SYSCTL_ARCH_UNALIGN_ALLOW
 	depends on ISA_ARCOMPACT