diff --git a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
index 5a59a28cc3dac200613a05985750e256348ccf00..83e9f591a54b356150a7e2090e9a14473b6f96a0 100644
--- a/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/hwtracing/stm/Kconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config STM
 	tristate "System Trace Module devices"
+	select CONFIGFS_FS
 	help
 	  A System Trace Module (STM) is a device exporting data in System
 	  Trace Protocol (STP) format as defined by MIPI STP standards.