diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/socfpga_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/socfpga_defconfig
index fe2e1e82e233..e73c97b0f5b0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/socfpga_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/socfpga_defconfig
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
 CONFIG_PRINTK_TIME=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 CONFIG_DETECT_HUNG_TASK=y
 # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
 CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=y