diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 67a2fa2..7fc6bd1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if !64BIT
 	select HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	select HAVE_DMA_API_DEBUG
+	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
 
 menu "Machine selection"
 
@@ -1922,20 +1924,6 @@
 	bool
 
 #
-# Use the generic interrupt handling code in kernel/irq/:
-#
-config GENERIC_HARDIRQS
-	bool
-	default y
-
-config GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE
-	bool
-	default y
-
-config IRQ_PER_CPU
-	bool
-
-#
 # - Highmem only makes sense for the 32-bit kernel.
 # - The current highmem code will only work properly on physically indexed
 #   caches such as R3000, SB1, R7000 or those that look like they're virtually