diff --git a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
index 1072bfd18c508..f4dd44a7118fd 100644
--- a/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/openrisc/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config OPENRISC
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select GENERIC_IOMAP
 	select GENERIC_CPU_DEVICES
+	select HAVE_UID16
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_STRNCPY_FROM_USER
@@ -29,9 +30,6 @@ config MMU
 config HAVE_DMA_ATTRS
 	def_bool y
 
-config UID16
-	def_bool y
-
 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 	def_bool y