diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/config-5.10 b/target/linux/sunxi/config-5.10
index 2f0a8ab968..fc6ae720b7 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/config-5.10
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/config-5.10
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ CONFIG_SUN8I_DE2_CCU=y
 CONFIG_SUN8I_H3_CCU=y
 CONFIG_SUN8I_R40_CCU=y
 CONFIG_SUN8I_R_CCU=y
-# CONFIG_SUN8I_THERMAL is not set
+CONFIG_SUN8I_THERMAL=y
 CONFIG_SUN8I_V3S_CCU=y
 CONFIG_SUN9I_A80_CCU=y
 CONFIG_SUNXI_CCU=y
diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa8/config-5.10 b/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa8/config-5.10
index 00c535f865..579c81c3dc 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa8/config-5.10
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/cortexa8/config-5.10
@@ -7,3 +7,4 @@ CONFIG_PGTABLE_LEVELS=2
 # CONFIG_PHY_SUN9I_USB is not set
 # CONFIG_SPI_SUN6I is not set
 # CONFIG_SUN8I_A83T_CCU is not set
+# CONFIG_SUN8I_THERMAL is not set