diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 580e453e284efc66c1a31ab31932ea0e035b3f28..a0dc28fdc5676928733ba7eaf3da96ac18769301 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2244,6 +2244,7 @@ config TEST_XARRAY
 	tristate "Test the XArray code at runtime"
 
 config TEST_MAPLE_TREE
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
 	select DEBUG_MAPLE_TREE
 	tristate "Test the Maple Tree code at runtime"