diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig b/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
index 61c68a1f054ae58e7f5a55d68bd7abfcd7ca82c3..2f5d5f4a4c75b37d7e848a9e97f63c88ee40de84 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 menuconfig NVM
 	bool "Open-Channel SSD target support"
-	depends on BLOCK
+	depends on BLOCK && HAS_DMA
 	help
 	  Say Y here to get to enable Open-channel SSDs.