diff --git a/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig b/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig
index 195c6cf359f67fbb166f270ba5643e6b3c9be7d5..b45f3bc4a7b15dc0335e232bf28ef4f62ecc4393 100644
--- a/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/IR/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ source "drivers/media/IR/keymaps/Kconfig"
 config IR_NEC_DECODER
 	tristate "Enable IR raw decoder for the NEC protocol"
 	depends on IR_CORE
+	select BITREVERSE
 	default y
 
 	---help---