diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 92622eb5cc0da6f651c31cdaf0ff55f8bba16977..1151d1afd756e5534f398256e3827e6c079b6ed6 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -776,7 +776,6 @@ config ARCH_NOMADIK
 
 config ARCH_DAVINCI
 	bool "TI DaVinci"
-	select CPU_ARM926T
 	select GENERIC_TIME
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_GPIO
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/Kconfig
index 0ebe185610bf80810f6cbfa5e0bf43466186a484..0316e201ada0e91ef064e157a206e6557351b3e7 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-davinci/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-davinci/Kconfig
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ config CP_INTC
 	bool
 
 config ARCH_DAVINCI_DMx
+	select CPU_ARM926T
 	bool
 
 menu "TI DaVinci Implementations"
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ config ARCH_DAVINCI_DA850
 	select ARCH_HAS_CPUFREQ
 
 config ARCH_DAVINCI_DA8XX
+	select CPU_ARM926T
 	bool
 
 config ARCH_DAVINCI_DM365