diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index f755a602d4a1..c02d89777713 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