diff --git a/arch/Kconfig b/arch/Kconfig
index 99839c23d453..bd04eace455c 100644
--- a/arch/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/Kconfig
@@ -781,4 +781,7 @@ config VMAP_STACK
 	  the stack to map directly to the KASAN shadow map using a formula
 	  that is incorrect if the stack is in vmalloc space.
 
+config ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
+	bool
+
 source "kernel/gcov/Kconfig"
diff --git a/arch/sparc/Kconfig b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
index cf4034c66362..68ac5c7cd982 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sparc/Kconfig
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ config SPARC
 	select CPU_NO_EFFICIENT_FFS
 	select HAVE_ARCH_HARDENED_USERCOPY
 	select PROVE_LOCKING_SMALL if PROVE_LOCKING
+	select ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
 
 config SPARC32
 	def_bool !64BIT
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
index 094e1d63309a..c38d50c1fcf7 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_common.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ s32 ixgbe_start_hw_gen2(struct ixgbe_hw *hw)
 	}
 	IXGBE_WRITE_FLUSH(hw);
 
-#ifndef CONFIG_SPARC
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARCH_WANT_RELAX_ORDER
 	/* Disable relaxed ordering */
 	for (i = 0; i < hw->mac.max_tx_queues; i++) {
 		u32 regval;