diff --git a/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig b/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig
index dd9b226c5d4bd5cc6c4534eb86d5a6f67a21ae21..c713d13fcca99bb23270b4101d0398943d78a449 100644
--- a/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/sh/mm/Kconfig
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@ config VSYSCALL
 
 config NUMA
 	bool "Non Uniform Memory Access (NUMA) Support"
-	depends on MMU && EXPERIMENTAL
+	depends on MMU && SPARSEMEM && EXPERIMENTAL
 	default n
 	help
 	  Some SH systems have many various memories scattered around