diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index fd1f655b4f1f..42837617a55b 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -268,6 +268,7 @@ config HUGETLBFS
 
 config HUGETLB_PAGE
 	def_bool HUGETLBFS
+	select XARRAY_MULTI
 
 config HUGETLB_PAGE_OPTIMIZE_VMEMMAP
 	def_bool HUGETLB_PAGE