diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/85xx/p1023rds_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/85xx/p1023rds_defconfig
index a79b0a9316a5318256e061173a9d93619b024c1f..26e541c4662b27ce2c4429a2325083f8f065bf35 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/85xx/p1023rds_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/85xx/p1023rds_defconfig
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
 CONFIG_IPV6=y
 CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 CONFIG_PROC_DEVICETREE=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig
index f085699dab7cdfed8d3cb8fe94730f01e61713ea..8b3d57c1ebe81312673642db4765408a7de5c322 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ CONFIG_INET_IPCOMP=y
 CONFIG_IPV6=y
 CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
index dd89de8b0b7f59945eb656564d49d19bcf2af121..0516e22ca3de3c16b89cdf0b4d9c7865e2d791c9 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
 CONFIG_IPV6=y
 CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc83xx_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc83xx_defconfig
index e116dc9e8a2eb933bbb4e025c4bcd227c4aa97d8..9352e4430c3b05419fdff7ee3b3ec91cfeaeee5d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc83xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc83xx_defconfig
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
 # CONFIG_INET_LRO is not set
 # CONFIG_IPV6 is not set
 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 # CONFIG_FW_LOADER is not set
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_defconfig
index a036a622be5a121a5d0e5a3650e8fd77006241b9..8b5bda27d248047b43d59ffdd9af22922e599936 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_defconfig
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
 CONFIG_IPV6=y
 CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig
index 4ba5255232bc762644af9d83ddde195db6cb9dc7..b0974e7e98aefc6f4e7b39a0025c3435e5ebafe1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ CONFIG_INET_ESP=y
 CONFIG_IPV6=y
 CONFIG_IP_SCTP=m
 CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
 CONFIG_MTD=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CMDLINE_PARTS=y
 CONFIG_MTD_CHAR=y