diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/hv/Kconfig
index 79afb1e96c339087f4a59949d295a45d99aa1780..97480f5c659939c2cd359b3705b330d09d91156e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/Kconfig
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ config HYPERV_STORAGE
 
 config HYPERV_BLOCK
 	tristate "Microsoft Hyper-V virtual block driver"
-	depends on BLOCK && SCSI
+	depends on BLOCK && SCSI && LBDAF
 	default HYPERV
 	help
 	  Select this option to enable the Hyper-V virtual block driver.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
index b6a2cb8752d37ef23d5536f9d37957bb04653cd8..8a25154c06f516d7e34914c47adcacc5fe75f08e 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hv/blkvsc_drv.c
@@ -1489,7 +1489,7 @@ static int __init blkvsc_init(void)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	ASSERT(sizeof(sector_t) == 8); /* Make sure CONFIG_LBD is set */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(sizeof(sector_t) != 8);
 
 	DPRINT_ENTER(BLKVSC_DRV);