diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 6299231266537f2ef7e3315862f99829614c481b..e50e38e76d9f718abb803002f226f47bacfce047 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -885,7 +885,7 @@ config NUMA_EMU
 	  number of nodes. This is only useful for debugging.
 
 config NODES_SHIFT
-	int
+	int "Max num nodes shift(1-15)"
 	range 1 15  if X86_64
 	default "6" if X86_64
 	default "4" if X86_NUMAQ