diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index f0427105a619211fcf0f626f16e76d9263ad691a..3fab3901e0ef7e6b714c007a5b6aff0d34f317ad 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -1984,7 +1984,7 @@ config CIFS_EXPERIMENTAL
 
 config CIFS_UPCALL
 	  bool "Kerberos/SPNEGO advanced session setup (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	  depends on KEYS
+	  depends on CIFS && KEYS
 	  help
 	    Enables an upcall mechanism for CIFS which accesses
 	    userspace helper utilities to provide SPNEGO packaged (RFC 4178)