diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index 596278e47497..6c7f7a6c7e96 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -1572,7 +1572,7 @@ CONFIG_QUOTA=y
 CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_FUSE_FS=m
 CONFIG_CUSE=m
-CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=m
+CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=y
 CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
 CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y
diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/tegra_prod_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/tegra_prod_defconfig
index c4332d885580..12439bb76c46 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/tegra_prod_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/tegra_prod_defconfig
@@ -1589,7 +1589,7 @@ CONFIG_QUOTA=y
 CONFIG_AUTOFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_FUSE_FS=m
 CONFIG_CUSE=m
-CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=m
+CONFIG_OVERLAY_FS=y
 CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y
 CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
 CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=y