diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
index 922389b643940f8d9dd11faae23ed82cf5714fd6..727b10d896868516e1776938ef5fdbafedd0cba7 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/hw/ehca/Kconfig
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ config INFINIBAND_EHCA
 config INFINIBAND_EHCA_SCALING
 	bool "Scaling support (EXPERIMENTAL)"
 	depends on IBMEBUS && INFINIBAND_EHCA && HOTPLUG_CPU && EXPERIMENTAL
+	default y
 	---help---
 	eHCA scaling support schedules the CQ callbacks to different CPUs.