diff --git a/drivers/soc/xuantie/nna/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/xuantie/nna/Kconfig
index d9abb52c6a211..704340ba02de2 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/xuantie/nna/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/xuantie/nna/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 menuconfig VHA
        tristate "IMG neural network accelerator"
        default n
+       select SYNC_FILE
 
 if VHA
 choice