diff --git a/arch/ia64/configs/generic_defconfig b/arch/ia64/configs/generic_defconfig
index 3ded8fe627592f448892eda8e12b8f78076bc2d0..1d7bca0a396d3ba27068b5bd2ac48abdb72c1b00 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/configs/generic_defconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/configs/generic_defconfig
@@ -233,3 +233,4 @@ CONFIG_CRYPTO_PCBC=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=y
 # CONFIG_CRYPTO_ANSI_CPRNG is not set
 CONFIG_CRC_T10DIF=y
+CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES=y
diff --git a/arch/ia64/configs/gensparse_defconfig b/arch/ia64/configs/gensparse_defconfig
index 3a98b2dd58acc5552dceba2c72cb9c51b9400c2a..b11fa880e4b60dd72a8f0b41d99f26364cf553ab 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/configs/gensparse_defconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/configs/gensparse_defconfig
@@ -208,3 +208,4 @@ CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_KERNEL=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MD5=y
+CONFIG_MISC_DEVICES=y