diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 1481df2cb2e38ce237bfb96def8f6dbf1b8b4bce..a6a70233033d68d319e95106a23d5ac4ea876e08 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config SUPERH
 	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	select HAVE_PERF_EVENTS
+	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_GZIP
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_BZIP2
 	select HAVE_KERNEL_LZMA