diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
index ee6684779d112478ee4061960f1cf24fd918560f..2545296a0c087888701048dfd36b957cb91c6993 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Kconfig
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ config MLX5_EN_TLS
 	bool "TLS cryptography-offload accelaration"
 	depends on MLX5_CORE_EN
 	depends on TLS_DEVICE
+	depends on TLS=y || MLX5_CORE=m
 	depends on MLX5_ACCEL
 	default n
 	---help---