diff --git a/arch/h8300/Kconfig b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
index 04bef4d25b4a..0ae445087607 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/h8300/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config H8300
 	default y
 	select HAVE_IDE
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
+	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64
 	select HAVE_UID16
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_SHOW