diff --git a/arch/tile/Kconfig b/arch/tile/Kconfig
index 96033e2d6845..b56772cac5d2 100644
--- a/arch/tile/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/tile/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ config TILE
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW
 	select SYS_HYPERVISOR
 	select ARCH_HAVE_NMI_SAFE_CMPXCHG
+	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 
 # FIXME: investigate whether we need/want these options.
 #	select HAVE_IOREMAP_PROT
@@ -46,9 +47,6 @@ config NEED_PER_CPU_PAGE_FIRST_CHUNK
 config SYS_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
 	def_bool y
 
-config GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
-	def_bool y
-
 # FIXME: tilegx can implement a more efficient rwsem.
 config RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK
 	def_bool y