diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
index 1050a4617fc1..ce840300578d 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/nouveau/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ config DRM_NOUVEAU
 	depends on DRM && PCI && MMU
 	select IOMMU_API
 	select FW_LOADER
-	select FW_CACHE if PM_SLEEP
 	select DRM_CLIENT_SELECTION
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_DP_HELPER
 	select DRM_DISPLAY_HDMI_HELPER