diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 1046074e0c24f0610df0a8d8cce3959e924ce3f5..df296b79ea15339b366d9713795e913a86481e60 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -807,6 +807,7 @@ config FORCE_MAX_ZONEORDER
 menuconfig ARMV8_DEPRECATED
 	bool "Emulate deprecated/obsolete ARMv8 instructions"
 	depends on COMPAT
+	depends on SYSCTL
 	help
 	  Legacy software support may require certain instructions
 	  that have been deprecated or obsoleted in the architecture.