diff --git a/arch/sh/Kconfig b/arch/sh/Kconfig
index 3c8db65..21b82a8 100644
--- a/arch/sh/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/Kconfig
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 	select HAVE_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINTS
 	select HAVE_REGS_AND_STACK_ACCESS_API
 	select HAVE_GENERIC_HARDIRQS
-	select HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
+	select MAY_HAVE_SPARSE_IRQ
 	select IRQ_FORCED_THREADING
 	select RTC_LIB
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64