diff --git a/virt/kvm/Kconfig b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
index ace72be98fb2..184dab4ee871 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/virt/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ config KVM_GENERIC_MMU_NOTIFIER
        bool
 
 config KVM_GENERIC_MEMORY_ATTRIBUTES
-       select KVM_GENERIC_MMU_NOTIFIER
+       depends on KVM_GENERIC_MMU_NOTIFIER
        bool
 
 config KVM_PRIVATE_MEM