diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex-perf_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex-perf_defconfig
index f48abaf656d6..a419292173fb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex-perf_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex-perf_defconfig
@@ -573,6 +573,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ALIGN_RODATA=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT=y
+CONFIG_CORESIGHT_EVENT=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINKS_AND_SINKS=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINK_AND_SINK_TMC=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_QCOM_REPLICATOR=y
diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex_defconfig
index f8ab577b4b84..c93a44a1df22 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/msmcortex_defconfig
@@ -637,6 +637,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_SET_MODULE_RONX=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_RODATA=y
 CONFIG_FREE_PAGES_RDONLY=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT=y
+CONFIG_CORESIGHT_EVENT=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINK_AND_SINK_TMC=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_SOURCE_ETM4X=y
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_REMOTE_ETM=y