diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 8d0dcd61c995..df666d9a1af0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_ARCH_MMAP_RND_BITS if MMU
 	select HAVE_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD if (!XIP_KERNEL)
 	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE if (!XIP_KERNEL)
+	select HAVE_EFFICIENT_UNALIGNED_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && MMU
 	select HAVE_FUNCTION_GRAPH_TRACER if (!THUMB2_KERNEL)
 	select ARCH_BINFMT_ELF_RANDOMIZE_PIE
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT