diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 53f5c6d6112127661e13703e51b6a8b1e17b95ca..3f00a9faabcb6314e2ddfb6fd56b013d95059436 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -1801,6 +1801,7 @@ config CIFS_POSIX
 
 config CIFS_DEBUG2
 	bool "Enable additional CIFS debugging routines"
+	depends on CIFS
 	help
 	   Enabling this option adds a few more debugging routines
 	   to the cifs code which slightly increases the size of