diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
index 8ce6a28cc8ab..60c5790f34aa 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/defconfig
@@ -1648,6 +1648,7 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_REDUCED=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
+CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=y
 # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT=m
 CONFIG_CORESIGHT_LINK_AND_SINK_TMC=m