diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 2a0ba91cd..339fbf62a 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ config KERNEL_CRASHLOG
 
 config KERNEL_SWAP
 	bool "Support for paging of anonymous memory (swap)"
-	default y if !SMALL_FLASH
+	default y
 
 config KERNEL_DEBUG_FS
 	bool "Compile the kernel with debug filesystem enabled"