diff --git a/targets/generic b/targets/generic
index 5a2f73a956e35ee487b15120bdb0b37905523fa1..48f6ad0a16495a65d98ea9b83646d002b8142aa2 100644
--- a/targets/generic
+++ b/targets/generic
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ try_config('TARGET_SQUASHFS_BLOCK_SIZE', 256)
 
 config('KERNEL_PROC_STRIPPED', true)
 config('KERNEL_AIO', false)
-config('KERNEL_IO_URING', false)
+try_config('KERNEL_IO_URING', false)
 config('KERNEL_FHANDLE', false)
 config('KERNEL_FANOTIFY', false)
 config('KERNEL_CGROUPS', false)