diff --git a/debian/config/config b/debian/config/config
index 4b0ccbf77..d47c2d283 100644
--- a/debian/config/config
+++ b/debian/config/config
@@ -1847,7 +1847,7 @@ CONFIG_EXT3_FS_XATTR=y
 CONFIG_EXT3_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
 CONFIG_EXT3_FS_SECURITY=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS=m
-CONFIG_EXT4DEV_COMPAT=m
+CONFIG_EXT4DEV_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS_XATTR=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS_POSIX_ACL=y
 CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY=y