diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 0e27ebd7e36a..cf49c130d1d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -146,6 +146,7 @@ config X86
 	select ARCH_WANT_LD_ORPHAN_WARN
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_DAX_VMEMMAP	if X86_64
 	select ARCH_WANT_OPTIMIZE_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP	if X86_64
+	select ARCH_WANT_HUGETLB_VMEMMAP_PREINIT if X86_64
 	select ARCH_WANTS_THP_SWAP		if X86_64
 	select ARCH_HAS_PARANOID_L1D_FLUSH
 	select BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT