diff --git a/arch/microblaze/Makefile b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
index 40350a3c24e9..a69eaf2ab130 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/Makefile
+++ b/arch/microblaze/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+KBUILD_DEFCONFIG := mmu_defconfig
+
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_MMU),y)
 UTS_SYSNAME = -DUTS_SYSNAME=\"Linux\"
 else