diff --git a/target/linux/armvirt/config-4.14 b/target/linux/armvirt/config-4.14
index 64444d72fd..a2d8bb4f20 100644
--- a/target/linux/armvirt/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/armvirt/config-4.14
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V2M=y
 CONFIG_ARM_GIC_V3=y
 CONFIG_ARM_PSCI_FW=y
 # CONFIG_ARM_SP805_WATCHDOG is not set
+CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_BLK_MQ_PCI=y
 CONFIG_CLKDEV_LOOKUP=y
 CONFIG_CLKSRC_OF=y
diff --git a/target/linux/at91/config-4.9 b/target/linux/at91/config-4.9
index a44d3ac522..926681fb3c 100644
--- a/target/linux/at91/config-4.9
+++ b/target/linux/at91/config-4.9
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ CONFIG_CMA_AREAS=7
 CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyS0,115200 initrd=0x21100000,25165824 root=/dev/ram0 rw"
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_AT91=y
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y
 CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-3.18 b/target/linux/generic/config-3.18
index 4a44952727..ee4fe40e14 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-3.18
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-3.18
@@ -654,7 +654,7 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_QCOM is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_SI5351 is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_SI570 is not set
-# CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set
+CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAL_LAPTOP is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-4.14 b/target/linux/generic/config-4.14
index c9705d1a9f..02a8fa623c 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-4.14
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_VERSATILE is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_XGENE is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_XLNX_CLKWZRD is not set
-# CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set
+CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAL_LAPTOP is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/generic/config-4.9 b/target/linux/generic/config-4.9
index 5153ef6755..979028f04a 100644
--- a/target/linux/generic/config-4.9
+++ b/target/linux/generic/config-4.9
@@ -764,7 +764,7 @@ CONFIG_CMDLINE=""
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_SI5351 is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_SI570 is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_XLNX_CLKWZRD is not set
-# CONFIG_COMPACTION is not set
+CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 # CONFIG_COMPAL_LAPTOP is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK is not set
 # CONFIG_COMPILE_TEST is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/layerscape/armv7/config-4.9 b/target/linux/layerscape/armv7/config-4.9
index 9c9ab93f0a..370400030d 100644
--- a/target/linux/layerscape/armv7/config-4.9
+++ b/target/linux/layerscape/armv7/config-4.9
@@ -146,7 +146,6 @@ CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_MAX77686=y
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_PALMAS is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_RK808 is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_S2MPS11 is not set
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y
 CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y
diff --git a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_32b/config-4.9 b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_32b/config-4.9
index ff8949d4a4..d83a732f90 100644
--- a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_32b/config-4.9
+++ b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_32b/config-4.9
@@ -185,7 +185,6 @@ CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_MAX77686=y
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_PALMAS is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_RK808 is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_S2MPS11 is not set
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y
 CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y
diff --git a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9 b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9
index c59cf6199e..34e6a01ec2 100644
--- a/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9
+++ b/target/linux/layerscape/armv8_64b/config-4.9
@@ -205,7 +205,6 @@ CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_RK808=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_S2MPS11=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_VERSATILE=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_XGENE=y
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES=y
diff --git a/target/linux/mediatek/mt7623/config-4.14 b/target/linux/mediatek/mt7623/config-4.14
index 0437740467..5207e185e7 100644
--- a/target/linux/mediatek/mt7623/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/mediatek/mt7623/config-4.14
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_MT2701_VDECSYS=y
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_MT7622 is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_MT8135 is not set
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_MT8173 is not set
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COREDUMP=y
 # CONFIG_CPUFREQ_DT is not set
 CONFIG_CPU_32v6K=y
diff --git a/target/linux/octeontx/config-4.14 b/target/linux/octeontx/config-4.14
index fd627d6a26..09d22d517f 100644
--- a/target/linux/octeontx/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/octeontx/config-4.14
@@ -120,7 +120,6 @@ CONFIG_COMMON_CLK=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_CS2000_CP=y
 # CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_VERSATILE is not set
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_XGENE=y
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_NETLINK_MESSAGES=y
diff --git a/target/linux/oxnas/config-4.14 b/target/linux/oxnas/config-4.14
index 1bf7d0c072..d0870d16b6 100644
--- a/target/linux/oxnas/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/oxnas/config-4.14
@@ -70,7 +70,6 @@ CONFIG_CMA_SIZE_SEL_MBYTES=y
 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PARTITION=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_OXNAS=y
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y
 CONFIG_CONTEXT_SWITCH_TRACER=y
diff --git a/target/linux/samsung/s5pv210/config-4.14 b/target/linux/samsung/s5pv210/config-4.14
index 06eefd9fb5..7682e71243 100644
--- a/target/linux/samsung/s5pv210/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/samsung/s5pv210/config-4.14
@@ -59,7 +59,6 @@ CONFIG_CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM=y
 CONFIG_CLONE_BACKWARDS=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_SAMSUNG=y
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_COMPAT_BRK=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y
 CONFIG_COREDUMP=y
diff --git a/target/linux/sunxi/config-4.14 b/target/linux/sunxi/config-4.14
index eb4f7d2bc4..cd48b36d02 100644
--- a/target/linux/sunxi/config-4.14
+++ b/target/linux/sunxi/config-4.14
@@ -76,7 +76,6 @@ CONFIG_CLKDEV_LOOKUP=y
 CONFIG_CLKSRC_MMIO=y
 CONFIG_CLONE_BACKWARDS=y
 CONFIG_COMMON_CLK=y
-CONFIG_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_CONFIGFS_FS=y
 CONFIG_CONNECTOR=y
 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRANSLATIONS=y
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/64/config-default b/target/linux/x86/64/config-default
index e854cf259a..ee14a36573 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/64/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/x86/64/config-default
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ CONFIG_AUDIT_ARCH=y
 CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INTEGRITY=y
 CONFIG_BLK_MQ_VIRTIO=y
 # CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HOTPLUG_CPU0 is not set
diff --git a/target/linux/x86/generic/config-default b/target/linux/x86/generic/config-default
index 327e7c647d..1e7cea801f 100644
--- a/target/linux/x86/generic/config-default
+++ b/target/linux/x86/generic/config-default
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ CONFIG_ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_ACPI_PDC=y
 CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_CLASS_DEVICE=y
 CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_GENERIC=y
 CONFIG_BACKLIGHT_LCD_SUPPORT=y
+CONFIG_BALLOON_COMPACTION=y
 CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR=y
 # CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SR_VENDOR is not set
 CONFIG_BLK_MQ_VIRTIO=y