diff --git a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
index eec2e6ceaeef..feda823e757f 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/amd64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ options 	COMPAT_43TTY		# BSD 4.3 TTY compat [KEEP THIS!]
 options 	COMPAT_IA32		# Compatible with i386 binaries
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD4		# Compatible with FreeBSD4
 options 	COMPAT_FREEBSD5		# Compatible with FreeBSD5
-options 	COMPAT_LINUX32		# Compatible with i386 linux binaries 
 options 	SCSI_DELAY=5000		# Delay (in ms) before probing SCSI
 options 	KTRACE			# ktrace(1) support
 options 	SYSVSHM			# SYSV-style shared memory
@@ -78,6 +77,7 @@ options 	WITNESS_SKIPSPIN	# Don't run witness on spinlocks for speed
 options 	SMP			# Symmetric MultiProcessor Kernel
 
 # Linux 32-bit ABI support
+options 	COMPAT_LINUX32		# Compatible with i386 linux binaries 
 options 	LINPROCFS		# Cannot be a module yet.
 
 # Bus support.