diff --git a/configs/defconfig.common b/configs/defconfig.common
index 10b3f3c73..02f8ea9f6 100644
--- a/configs/defconfig.common
+++ b/configs/defconfig.common
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ CONFIG_MBEDTLS_CAMELLIA_C=y
 CONFIG_MBEDTLS_SSL_PROTO_DTLS=y
 CONFIG_OPENSSL_ASSERT_DO_NOTHING=y
 CONFIG_PTHREAD_TASK_STACK_SIZE_DEFAULT=2048
+CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_YIELD_DURING_ERASE=y
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_ERASE_YIELD_DURATION_MS=10
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_ERASE_YIELD_TICKS=2
 CONFIG_SPI_FLASH_WRITE_CHUNK_SIZE=4096