diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f755a602d4a176e006dc2cb5830d1c4812bac81f..c02d89777713b8772e47c2759570f4a838cb18e7 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1458,6 +1458,7 @@ config KALLSYMS_ALL
 
 config KALLSYMS_ABSOLUTE_PERCPU
 	bool
+	depends on KALLSYMS
 	default X86_64 && SMP
 
 config KALLSYMS_BASE_RELATIVE