diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh/defconfig
index 7bd65af2f1..5473bde0df 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh/defconfig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="qemu-a53"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_QEMU_A53=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="qemu"
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_QEMU=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_QEMU_A53=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK=4096
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y
diff --git a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
index 248feee1ee..b206e7ac4b 100644
--- a/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
+++ b/boards/arm64/qemu/qemu-a53/configs/nsh_smp/defconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD="qemu-a53"
 CONFIG_ARCH_BOARD_QEMU_A53=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP="qemu"
 CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_QEMU=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CHIP_QEMU_A53=y
 CONFIG_ARCH_INTERRUPTSTACK=8192
 CONFIG_BUILTIN=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_ASSERTIONS=y