diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 22ae1f756ba3ae..4e843f7e77d0d5 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ config THERMAL_EMULATION
 config HISI_THERMAL
 	tristate "Hisilicon thermal driver"
 	depends on (ARCH_HISI && CPU_THERMAL && OF) || COMPILE_TEST
+	select STUB_CLK_HI6220
 	help
 	  Enable this to plug hisilicon's thermal sensor driver into the Linux
 	  thermal framework. cpufreq is used as the cooling device to throttle