diff --git a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu
index 148f8a79d206..5a58cc13229e 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu
+++ b/arch/m68k/Kconfig.cpu
@@ -549,6 +549,10 @@ config CACHE_COPYBACK
 endchoice
 endif # HAVE_CACHE_CB
 
+config NR_CPUS
+	int
+	default "1"
+
 # Coldfire cores that do not have a data cache configured can do coherent DMA.
 config COLDFIRE_COHERENT_DMA
 	bool