diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 73f029eae0cc..1a3b5a5276be 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ config ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	def_bool y
+	depends on MMU
 	select SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP_ENABLE
 
 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL