diff --git a/arch/powerpc/configs/86xx/gef_sbc610_defconfig b/arch/powerpc/configs/86xx/gef_sbc610_defconfig
index 8d54b7e3e7fa..9565b7ebf5de 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/configs/86xx/gef_sbc610_defconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/configs/86xx/gef_sbc610_defconfig
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ CONFIG_MMIO_NVRAM=y
 #
 # Kernel options
 #
-# CONFIG_HIGHMEM is not set
+CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y
 CONFIG_TICK_ONESHOT=y
 # CONFIG_NO_HZ is not set
 CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
@@ -1879,6 +1879,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_LOCKING_API_SELFTESTS is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_KOBJECT is not set
+# CONFIG_DEBUG_HIGHMEM is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_BUGVERBOSE is not set
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_VM is not set