diff --git a/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig
index f4eff5a41a84..e1e8035d24fb 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/samsung/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config EXYNOS_THERMAL
 	tristate "Exynos thermal management unit driver"
 	depends on THERMAL_OF
 	depends on HAS_IOMEM
+	default ARCH_EXYNOS
 	help
 	  If you say yes here you get support for the TMU (Thermal Management
 	  Unit) driver for Samsung Exynos series of SoCs. This driver initialises