diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index dd2de8f876..3e4daaa088 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -727,7 +727,6 @@ config ARCH_CHIP_QEMU_ARM
 	select ARCH_HAVE_RESET
 	select ARCH_IDLE_CUSTOM
 	select ARM_HAVE_PSCI
-	select ARM_HAVE_NEON
 	---help---
 		QEMU virt platform (ARMv7a)
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/src/qemu/Kconfig b/arch/arm/src/qemu/Kconfig
index 9a49e46b80..a654ab7139 100644
--- a/arch/arm/src/qemu/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/src/qemu/Kconfig
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ config ARCH_CHIP_QEMU_CORTEXA7
 	select ARCH_HAVE_LOWVECTORS
 	select ARCH_HAVE_MULTICPU
 	select ARCH_NEED_ADDRENV_MAPPING
+	select ARM_HAVE_NEON
 	select ARMV7A_HAVE_GICv2
 	select ARMV7A_HAVE_GTM
 	select ARMV7A_HAVE_PTM