diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index 177d5e484..d4859fd20 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -2459,7 +2459,7 @@ CONFIG_EXT2_FS_SECURITY=y
 ## file: fs/ext3/Kconfig
 ##
 CONFIG_EXT3_FS=m
-# CONFIG_EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED is not set
+CONFIG_EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED=y
 CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
 CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
 CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y