diff --git a/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g4/defconfig b/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g4/defconfig
index d128c7a..6a2c6d9 100644
--- a/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g4/defconfig
+++ b/meta-aspeed/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-aspeed/aspeed-g4/defconfig
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@
 CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
 CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
-CONFIG_SLAB=y
 CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_RANDOM=y
+CONFIG_SLAB_FREELIST_HARDENED=y
 # CONFIG_ARCH_MULTI_V7 is not set
 CONFIG_ARCH_ASPEED=y
 CONFIG_MACH_ASPEED_G4=y