diff --git a/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g5/defconfig b/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g5/defconfig
index bd7711f..7803eb7 100644
--- a/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g5/defconfig
+++ b/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g5/defconfig
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@
 CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_SHARE_IRQ=y
 CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
 CONFIG_ASPEED_KCS_IPMI_BMC=y
+CONFIG_IPMI_KCS_BMC_CDEV_IPMI=y
 CONFIG_ASPEED_BT_IPMI_BMC=y
 CONFIG_HW_RANDOM_TIMERIOMEM=y
 CONFIG_DEVMEM_BOOTPARAM=y