diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig
index 2f660e9a0da68c7dadf318cb77b628cd601dc774..70509a48df826f3e43545b937737b295095e28e5 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlp_defconfig
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ CONFIG_MIPS32_O32=y
 CONFIG_MIPS32_N32=y
 CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME=y
 CONFIG_PM_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_XFRM_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig
index c6f84655c98a847909ca379784fb09dc6dbd2d80..82207e8079f32696b9b179cf1bfc34242e4035ee 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/nlm_xlr_defconfig
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ CONFIG_PCI_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_PM_RUNTIME=y
 CONFIG_PM_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
 CONFIG_PACKET=y
 CONFIG_UNIX=y
 CONFIG_XFRM_USER=m