diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 44c16f061734..9b63baba4296 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -854,6 +854,7 @@ config ARCH_DAVINCI
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
 	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
 	help
 	  Support for TI's DaVinci platform.
@@ -1033,6 +1034,7 @@ config PLAT_IOP
 
 config PLAT_ORION
 	bool
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 	select HAVE_SCHED_CLOCK
 
 config PLAT_PXA
diff --git a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
index cd5f993612fd..29b4c35adb0f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/plat-omap/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ config ARCH_OMAP1
 config ARCH_OMAP2PLUS
 	bool "TI OMAP2/3/4"
 	select CLKDEV_LOOKUP
+	select GENERIC_IRQ_CHIP
 	select OMAP_DM_TIMER
 	help
 	  "Systems based on OMAP2, OMAP3 or OMAP4"