diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/cavium_octeon_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/cavium_octeon_defconfig
index 490b12af103c..c52d0efacd14 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/cavium_octeon_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/cavium_octeon_defconfig
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
 CONFIG_RTC_DRV_DS1307=y
 CONFIG_STAGING=y
 CONFIG_OCTEON_ETHERNET=y
+CONFIG_OCTEON_USB=y
 # CONFIG_IOMMU_SUPPORT is not set
 CONFIG_RAS=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y