diff --git a/fs/ext3/Kconfig b/fs/ext3/Kconfig
index 522b15498f4..e8c6ba0e4a3 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ext3/Kconfig
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ config EXT3_FS
 config EXT3_DEFAULTS_TO_ORDERED
 	bool "Default to 'data=ordered' in ext3"
 	depends on EXT3_FS
+	default y
 	help
 	  The journal mode options for ext3 have different tradeoffs
 	  between when data is guaranteed to be on disk and