diff --git a/board/aarch64/raspberrypi-rpi64/Config.in b/board/aarch64/raspberrypi-rpi64/Config.in
index 3596de7c..cf2a6342 100644
--- a/board/aarch64/raspberrypi-rpi64/Config.in
+++ b/board/aarch64/raspberrypi-rpi64/Config.in
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_RASPBERRYPI_RPI64
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_FEATURE_WIFI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BRCMFMAC_SDIO_FIRMWARE_RPI
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_BRCMFMAC_SDIO_FIRMWARE_RPI_WIFI
-
+	select BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_RTL_8169
 	help
 	  Raspberry Pi 64-bit adds support for the Raspberry Pi family of
 	  of single-board computers (SBC), RPi 3B and later, including the
diff --git a/configs/aarch64_defconfig b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
index 54667d3e..f8382471 100644
--- a/configs/aarch64_defconfig
+++ b/configs/aarch64_defconfig
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ BR2_PACKAGE_STRESS_NG=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_JQ=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_E2FSPROGS_RESIZE2FS=y
-BR2_PACKAGE_LINUX_FIRMWARE_RTL_8169=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_CXX=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_GLIB=y
 BR2_PACKAGE_DBUS_TRIGGERD=y