diff --git a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_12cores_defconfig b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_12cores_defconfig
index 0f327874e5be..1d146abff7fc 100644
--- a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_12cores_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_12cores_defconfig
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_ARC_EXCEPTION_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS=12
+CONFIG_TICKET_SPINLOCKS=y
diff --git a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_defconfig b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_defconfig
index f4b6288b106c..c801fe9430e8 100644
--- a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs5x_smp_defconfig
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_ARC_EXCEPTION_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS=2
+CONFIG_TICKET_SPINLOCKS=y
diff --git a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_12cores_defconfig b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_12cores_defconfig
index 453f4782d72a..86793a594c7d 100644
--- a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_12cores_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_12cores_defconfig
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_ARC_EXCEPTION_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS=12
+CONFIG_TICKET_SPINLOCKS=y
diff --git a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_defconfig b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_defconfig
index 6cb2b160e1d3..43085894396f 100644
--- a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs6x_smp_defconfig
@@ -15,3 +15,4 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_ARC_EXCEPTION_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS=2
+CONFIG_TICKET_SPINLOCKS=y
diff --git a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs_smp_defconfig b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs_smp_defconfig
index 24b1914760b0..b07bc87ed41c 100644
--- a/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs_smp_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arc/nsim/nsim_hs_smp_defconfig
@@ -14,3 +14,4 @@ CONFIG_SERIAL=y
 CONFIG_ARC_EXCEPTION_DEBUG=y
 CONFIG_SMP=y
 CONFIG_MP_MAX_NUM_CPUS=2
+CONFIG_TICKET_SPINLOCKS=y