diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig
index 91db656294e85a642f40182b4245231293aaa22b..b32d94936bf6c640d623d7e24ab2dba8ee7a83c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet32_smp_defconfig
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 # CONFIG_CORE_DUMP_DEFAULT_ELF_HEADERS is not set
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_KEXEC=y
+CONFIG_IRQ_ALL_CPUS=y
 CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER=13
 CONFIG_FSL_LBC=y
 CONFIG_PCI=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
index 6798343580f0bfcd9bc03eaab6baab9e675eb257..88a43c35f1658731d7eb3d1d03bdabaa8d00f35c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/corenet64_smp_defconfig
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ CONFIG_P5020_DS=y
 CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
+CONFIG_IRQ_ALL_CPUS=y
 CONFIG_RAPIDIO=y
 CONFIG_FSL_RIO=y
 CONFIG_NET=y
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig
index d1828427ae55ffb7b998e277b36404679352f7cc..6bf6b3246d68bc3cde13f4afd4da891621a80347 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/mpc85xx_smp_defconfig
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
 CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
 CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y
+CONFIG_IRQ_ALL_CPUS=y
 CONFIG_FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER=12
 CONFIG_PCI=y
 CONFIG_PCI_MSI=y