diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 35e038a..08c2ece 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1618,6 +1618,11 @@
 	bool
 	default y
 
+config IRQ_PER_CPU
+	depends on SMP
+	bool
+	default y
+
 #
 # - Highmem only makes sense for the 32-bit kernel.
 # - The current highmem code will only work properly on physically indexed