diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
index 02d70382bb..0927ffb6fe 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-armv8a/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_EARLY_PRINT=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK=8192
 CONFIG_ARCH_STACKDUMP=y
 CONFIG_ARM64_STRING_FUNCTION=y
+CONFIG_BENCHMARK_OSPERF=y
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FEATURES=y
@@ -63,7 +64,6 @@ CONFIG_SYSTEM_SYSTEM=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TASKSET=y
 CONFIG_SYSTEM_TIME64=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_GETPRIME=y
-CONFIG_TESTING_OSPERF=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST=y
 CONFIG_TESTING_OSTEST_STACKSIZE=16384
 CONFIG_TESTING_SMP=y