diff --git a/drivers/staging/benet/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/benet/Kconfig
index f6806074f9986d794c571ea52cb757f9753b1955..ffb8ebdfd168fc84185e7b2e612e68a113716d4b 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/benet/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/benet/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config BENET
 	tristate "ServerEngines 10Gb NIC - BladeEngine"
-	depends on PCI && INET
+	depends on PCI && INET && NETPOLL
 	select INET_LRO
 	help
 	  This driver implements the NIC functionality for ServerEngines
diff --git a/drivers/staging/benet/TODO b/drivers/staging/benet/TODO
index b087d7dcae3f673509bd835d86ddf1e37fc1c363..54cd90e2e0718e810f716383a94e347719d8adfb 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/benet/TODO
+++ b/drivers/staging/benet/TODO
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ TODO:
 	- fix minor checkpatch.pl issues
 	- remove wrappers around common iowrite functions
 	- full netdev audit of common problems/issues
+	- fix build errors when CONFIG_NETPOLL is not enabled
 
 Please send all patches and questions to Subbu Seetharaman
 <subbus@serverengines.com> and Greg Kroah-Hartman <greg@kroah.com>