diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index e41d84d0b36d..6278f17bd544 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ config ARM
 	select OLD_SIGACTION
 	select OLD_SIGSUSPEND3
 	select PERF_USE_VMALLOC
+	select REFCOUNT_FULL
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select SYS_SUPPORTS_APM_EMULATION
 	# Above selects are sorted alphabetically; please add new ones