diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 1493c7896fe3..ed31062029f7 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -599,6 +599,10 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
 	def_bool y
 	depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 
+config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
+	def_bool y
+	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+
 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
 # other nodes.  Even though a pfn is valid and
 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not
diff --git a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
index 29552348e581..c9d32db9d76a 100644
--- a/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ppc64/Kconfig
@@ -297,6 +297,10 @@ config HAVE_ARCH_EARLY_PFN_TO_NID
 	def_bool y
 	depends on NEED_MULTIPLE_NODES
 
+config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
+	def_bool y
+	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+
 # Some NUMA nodes have memory ranges that span
 # other nodes.  Even though a pfn is valid and
 # between a node's start and end pfns, it may not