diff --git a/arch/mips/Kconfig b/arch/mips/Kconfig
index 09ab87ee6fef6..5eb8c932fe533 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/Kconfig
@@ -1423,6 +1423,7 @@ config CPU_SB1
 config CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
 	bool "Cavium Octeon processor"
 	depends on SYS_HAS_CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
+	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	select CPU_HAS_PREFETCH
 	select CPU_SUPPORTS_64BIT_KERNEL
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_SMP
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
index f9e275a50d982..2f4f6d5e05b66 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
@@ -82,10 +82,6 @@ config CAVIUM_OCTEON_LOCK_L2_MEMCPY
 	help
 	  Lock the kernel's implementation of memcpy() into L2.
 
-config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
-	def_bool y
-	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC
-
 config IOMMU_HELPER
 	bool