diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/ath79_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/ath79_defconfig
index e3a3836508ecb30112d7a3ccceef3633b06698e6..134879c1310a0da5c7067fcbcc0b8b8db153045d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/ath79_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/ath79_defconfig
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_PARTS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_REDBOOT_DIRECTORY_BLOCK=-2
 CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
-CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y
 CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CFI=y
 CONFIG_MTD_JEDECPROBE=y
@@ -54,7 +53,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_CFI_AMDSTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
 CONFIG_MTD_M25P80=y
-# CONFIG_M25PXX_USE_FAST_READ is not set
+CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=y
 CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
 # CONFIG_NET_PACKET_ENGINE is not set
 CONFIG_ATH_COMMON=m
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/db1xxx_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/db1xxx_defconfig
index c99b6eeda90b469b791946f5345be9b53824f13f..a64b30b96a0df1e3fb94550f079d5844dbb131e8 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/db1xxx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/db1xxx_defconfig
@@ -113,6 +113,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_NAND=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ECC_BCH=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NAND_AU1550=y
 CONFIG_MTD_NAND_PLATFORM=y
+CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=y
 CONFIG_EEPROM_AT24=y
 CONFIG_EEPROM_AT25=y
 CONFIG_SCSI_TGT=y
diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/rt305x_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/rt305x_defconfig
index d1741bcf89497cc63f03baaf5906ad750d17448c..d14ae2fa7d13ed266b9d24e2cd07c46834c39b4d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/rt305x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/rt305x_defconfig
@@ -81,7 +81,6 @@ CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
 # CONFIG_FIRMWARE_IN_KERNEL is not set
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
-CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y
 CONFIG_MTD_BLOCK=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CFI=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CFI_AMDSTD=y
@@ -89,6 +88,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_COMPLEX_MAPPINGS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP=y
 CONFIG_MTD_PHYSMAP_OF=y
 CONFIG_MTD_M25P80=y
+CONFIG_MTD_SPI_NOR=y
 CONFIG_EEPROM_93CX6=m
 CONFIG_SCSI=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y