diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Kconfig
index 74fea5c21839d3eac70aeb4b28dfdfadc38fb2c5..d3e840d643af5135dc0b4e0acb6cec114967264a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powernv/Kconfig
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ config PPC_POWERNV
 	select PPC_PCI_CHOICE if EMBEDDED
 	default y
 
+config POWERNV_MSI
+	bool "Support PCI MSI on PowerNV platform"
+	depends on PCI_MSI
+	default y
+
 config PPC_POWERNV_RTAS
 	depends on PPC_POWERNV
 	bool "Support for RTAS based PowerNV platforms such as BML"
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Kconfig
index 8223f7843498d087782a205839a3ff37a5fff724..ab4cb54764721870b06e3b08ee42121fc7fb7ea4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/sysdev/Kconfig
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ config PPC_MSI_BITMAP
 	default y if MPIC
 	default y if FSL_PCI
 	default y if PPC4xx_MSI
-	default y if PPC_POWERNV
+	default y if POWERNV_MSI
 
 source "arch/powerpc/sysdev/xics/Kconfig"