diff --git a/arch/arm64/configs/a53x_defconfig b/arch/arm64/configs/a53x_defconfig
index 3586f4400..a03f8250b 100755
--- a/arch/arm64/configs/a53x_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/configs/a53x_defconfig
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ CONFIG_RD_GZIP=y
 CONFIG_RD_LZ4=y
 CONFIG_RD_ZSTD=y
 CONFIG_BOOT_CONFIG=y
-CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE=y
+# CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE is not set
+CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_PERFORMANCE_O3=y
 # CONFIG_CC_OPTIMIZE_FOR_SIZE is not set
 CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN=y
 CONFIG_SYSCTL=y