diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ee2fb9d..99eb1cc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@
 	select COMPAT_OLD_SIGACTION if IA32_EMULATION
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select HAVE_DEBUG_STACKOVERFLOW
+	select HAVE_IRQ_EXIT_ON_IRQ_STACK if X86_64
 
 config INSTRUCTION_DECODER
 	def_bool y