diff --git a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
index 92e258c58638a4f363a3e3009c464ff0c73b826b..62eb9ef47e78b6939f3f2cb22f97fdbf1f37c76a 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpio/Kconfig
@@ -30,10 +30,6 @@ config ARCH_REQUIRE_GPIOLIB
 	  Selecting this from the architecture code will cause the gpiolib
 	  code to always get built in.
 
-config GPIO_DEVRES
-	def_bool y
-	depends on HAS_IOMEM
-
 
 menuconfig GPIOLIB
 	bool "GPIO Support"
@@ -47,6 +43,10 @@ menuconfig GPIOLIB
 
 if GPIOLIB
 
+config GPIO_DEVRES
+	def_bool y
+	depends on HAS_IOMEM
+
 config OF_GPIO
 	def_bool y
 	depends on OF