diff --git a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig
index 3106737c20..c5c46e5843 100644
--- a/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig
+++ b/src/vendorcode/google/chromeos/vboot2/Kconfig
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ config VBOOT_BL31_INDEX
 
 config VBOOT_DYNAMIC_WORK_BUFFER
 	bool "Vboot's work buffer is dynamically allocated."
+	default y if ARCH_ROMSTAGE_X86_32
 	default n
 	depends on VBOOT_VERIFY_FIRMWARE
 	help