diff --git a/configs/aspenite_defconfig b/configs/aspenite_defconfig
index fed2de5..8e67717 100644
--- a/configs/aspenite_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aspenite_defconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARM=y
+CONFIG_ARCH_CPU_INIT=y
 CONFIG_TARGET_ASPENITE=y
 CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE=0x600000
 CONFIG_NR_DRAM_BANKS=2