diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/amiga_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/amiga_defconfig
index 7163c01a021d12aacb0024b42e796fef9bd3a024..8c2f78197e5432b66dbf23fc0bddff1eb6e8e520 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/amiga_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/amiga_defconfig
@@ -500,6 +500,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/apollo_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/apollo_defconfig
index df57806759e19c55ccb3685ecc54bbc4beebea94..9139ff7b3279ace0a9b985ee2a70ecccfdf6427e 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/apollo_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/apollo_defconfig
@@ -458,6 +458,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/atari_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/atari_defconfig
index f8c0f4bd65dfed6f0ce5c55d0ed880b1a685ef01..de543dbabdf4f7a1e1528b78089a27d460e55307 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/atari_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/atari_defconfig
@@ -475,6 +475,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/bvme6000_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/bvme6000_defconfig
index 800f51029a7e80a4a8c07af8e6a5fbc5c87f35cd..7ab0a79a68c536c1c70e922fd786624a82d8ea0c 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/bvme6000_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/bvme6000_defconfig
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/hp300_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/hp300_defconfig
index e2755ff436e4c63ffcb3973af4852055c75e1902..263d1d55e5ba54e3de3beac4b4dc0df00f14ae40 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/hp300_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/hp300_defconfig
@@ -460,6 +460,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/mvme147_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/mvme147_defconfig
index fd0dc942d28b686771d9f33a7c1ab44db0287fd6..0f19164df62e8de08a77f6d14027637aae1505cc 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/mvme147_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/mvme147_defconfig
@@ -451,6 +451,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/q40_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/q40_defconfig
index 2ea8f7348f61eff5c855ad700c056104f862aae9..b60ccfb59bb0123b2006aa2f223ec32b6a18eae0 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/q40_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/q40_defconfig
@@ -473,6 +473,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m
diff --git a/arch/m68k/configs/sun3x_defconfig b/arch/m68k/configs/sun3x_defconfig
index 90a08127304cbc3a00843fbc0cf9ae7738140eb2..7f2fe78bc881d2191c99ad147599c5abccb1873d 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/configs/sun3x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/m68k/configs/sun3x_defconfig
@@ -452,6 +452,7 @@ CONFIG_TEST_USER_COPY=m
 CONFIG_TEST_BPF=m
 CONFIG_TEST_FIRMWARE=m
 CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY=m
+CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK=y
 CONFIG_ENCRYPTED_KEYS=m
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_MANAGER=y
 CONFIG_CRYPTO_USER=m