diff --git a/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3 b/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3
index ebbadb2fbd..506e8f294d 100644
--- a/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3
+++ b/target/linux/brcm47xx/config-3.3
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ECC=y
 # CONFIG_MTD_SM_COMMON is not set
 CONFIG_NEED_DMA_MAP_STATE=y
 CONFIG_NEED_PER_CPU_KM=y
+CONFIG_NO_EXCEPT_FILL=y
 CONFIG_NO_GENERIC_PCI_IOPORT_MAP=y
 CONFIG_PAGEFLAGS_EXTENDED=y
 CONFIG_PCI=y