diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
index 75bab7f6cc05af4698adf0d6866cc9aaa27a7a56..823f1e2b212220801ceed9d724d0499dee2bf6c5 100644
--- a/Kconfig
+++ b/Kconfig
@@ -12,6 +12,9 @@ config KCONFIG_OBJDIR
 	string
 	option env="KCONFIG_OBJDIR"
 
+# Allow defaults in arch-specific code to override any given here
+source "arch/Kconfig"
+
 menu "General setup"
 
 config LOCALVERSION
@@ -172,8 +175,6 @@ config SYS_CLK_FREQ
 
 endmenu		# Boot images
 
-source "arch/Kconfig"
-
 source "common/Kconfig"
 
 source "dts/Kconfig"