diff --git a/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC b/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
index 5f58228698b2..02a8f1330977 100644
--- a/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
+++ b/sys/ia64/conf/GENERIC
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ options 	MSDOSFS		# MSDOS Filesystem
 options 	NFSCLIENT	# Network Filesystem Client
 options 	NFSSERVER	# Network Filesystem Server
 options 	NFS_ROOT	# NFS usable as root device
+options 	PFIL_HOOKS	# pfil(9) framework
 options 	PROCFS		# Process filesystem (/proc)
 options 	PSEUDOFS	# Pseudo-filesystem framework
 options 	SCHED_ULE	# ULE scheduler
@@ -50,7 +51,6 @@ options 	SYSVSHM		# SYSV-style shared memory
 options 	UFS_ACL		# Support for access control lists
 options 	UFS_DIRHASH	# Hash-based directory lookup scheme
 options 	_KPOSIX_PRIORITY_SCHEDULING	# Posix P1003_1B RT extensions
-options 	PFIL_HOOKS	# pfil(9) framework
 
 # Various "busses"
 device 		acpi		# ACPI support (mandatory)