diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 9c829b008261..dcbd4c8fcea9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ config ARM64
 	def_bool y
 	select ARCH_HAS_ATOMIC64_DEC_IF_POSITIVE
 	select ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
+	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	select COMMON_CLK
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
 	select GENERIC_HARDIRQS_NO_DEPRECATED
@@ -31,7 +32,6 @@ config ARM64
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SPARSE_IRQ
 	select SYSCTL_EXCEPTION_TRACE
-	select CLONE_BACKWARDS
 	help
 	  ARM 64-bit (AArch64) Linux support.