diff --git a/arch/mips/configs/sb1250-swarm_defconfig b/arch/mips/configs/sb1250-swarm_defconfig
index 49dfcef2518c..c2798229cbfb 100644
--- a/arch/mips/configs/sb1250-swarm_defconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/configs/sb1250-swarm_defconfig
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
 #
 CONFIG_IDE_GENERIC=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI is not set
-# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SWARM is not set
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE_SWARM=y
 # CONFIG_IDE_ARM is not set
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDMA is not set
 # CONFIG_IDEDMA_AUTO is not set