diff --git a/arch/ia64/Kconfig b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
index cc0d4ce7a04551eb940873a1297d591a70c2f918..983a5125cd9f5e43f8b07a63b27feb525898fcb5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/ia64/Kconfig
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ config ARCH_PROC_KCORE_TEXT
 	depends on PROC_KCORE
 
 config IA64_MCA_RECOVERY
-	tristate "MCA recovery from errors other than TLB."
+	bool "MCA recovery from errors other than TLB."
 
 config IA64_PALINFO
 	tristate "/proc/pal support"