diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig b/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
index a3ec17fd63cdea4cf9cce9d0123710f9924ee216..01c99750212a22b0509c8b110757c119efe5301f 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_SKYLAKE_COMMON
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
 	select SND_SOC_HDAC_HDA if SND_SOC_INTEL_SKYLAKE_HDAUDIO_CODEC
 	select SND_SOC_ACPI_INTEL_MATCH
-	select SND_INTEL_NHLT
+	select SND_INTEL_NHLT if ACPI
 	help
 	  If you have a Intel Skylake/Broxton/ApolloLake/KabyLake/
 	  GeminiLake or CannonLake platform with the DSP enabled in the BIOS
diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig b/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig
index 889b6202d054b071a5009924370484ba26c42911..479ba249e219af3ac4acbcd4f52622e51539d601 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/intel/Kconfig
@@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ config SND_SOC_SOF_HDA
 	tristate
 	select SND_HDA_EXT_CORE if SND_SOC_SOF_HDA_LINK
 	select SND_SOC_HDAC_HDA if SND_SOC_SOF_HDA_AUDIO_CODEC
-	select SND_INTEL_NHLT
+	select SND_INTEL_NHLT if ACPI
 	help
 	  This option is not user-selectable but automagically handled by
 	  'select' statements at a higher level