diff --git a/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/Kconfig b/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/Kconfig
index 7f7135e308..49af38454f 100644
--- a/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/Kconfig
+++ b/src/soc/intel/xeon_sp/Kconfig
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ config	CPU_SPECIFIC_OPTIONS
 	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON_BLOCK_TCO
 	select SOC_INTEL_COMMON_BLOCK_ACPI
 	select TSC_MONOTONIC_TIMER
+	select TPM_STARTUP_IGNORE_POSTINIT if INTEL_TXT
 	select UDELAY_TSC
 	select SUPPORT_CPU_UCODE_IN_CBFS
 	select CPU_INTEL_FIRMWARE_INTERFACE_TABLE