diff --git a/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig b/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig
index 4649cb04dec7..0504eee8632c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/configs/lpc32xx_defconfig
@@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
 CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS=y
 CONFIG_DEBUG_FS=y
 CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
+CONFIG_PANIC_ON_OOPS=y
+CONFIG_PANIC_TIMEOUT=5
 # CONFIG_SCHED_DEBUG is not set
 # CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT is not set
 # CONFIG_FTRACE is not set