diff --git a/target/linux/bcm53xx/config-4.14 b/target/linux/bcm53xx/config-4.14
index af9f7ca79d..45ca7b4a06 100644
--- a/target/linux/bcm53xx/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/bcm53xx/config-4.14
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ CONFIG_GPIO_74X164=y
 CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
 # CONFIG_GRO_CELLS is not set
 CONFIG_HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ=y
+CONFIG_HARDEN_BRANCH_PREDICTOR=y
 CONFIG_HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND=y
 CONFIG_HAS_DMA=y
 CONFIG_HAS_IOMEM=y