diff --git a/boards/arc/em_starterkit/em_starterkit_defconfig b/boards/arc/em_starterkit/em_starterkit_defconfig
index 513a3d0fc96..48e49563dd1 100644
--- a/boards/arc/em_starterkit/em_starterkit_defconfig
+++ b/boards/arc/em_starterkit/em_starterkit_defconfig
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 CONFIG_ARC=y
-CONFIG_SOC_EM11D=y
+CONFIG_SOC_EM9D=y
 CONFIG_BOARD_EM_STARTERKIT=y
 CONFIG_SYS_CLOCK_TICKS_PER_SEC=1000
 CONFIG_XIP=n