diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig
index b68f1289b89ef1005bcf4214191022b3d7de818b..90a90262e0d07e08b4a99dcc0e8aafd7aba2e2d8 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 config QCOM_IPA
 	tristate "Qualcomm IPA support"
-	depends on 64BIT && NET && QCOM_SMEM
+	depends on NET && QCOM_SMEM
 	depends on ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on QCOM_RPROC_COMMON || (QCOM_RPROC_COMMON=n && COMPILE_TEST)
 	select QCOM_MDT_LOADER if ARCH_QCOM
diff --git a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
index 97c1b55405cbf09d546cc3eb12e32d230bfb7595..d354e3e65ec50c45586a2e5356d37a180b851f88 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ipa/ipa_main.c
@@ -735,8 +735,14 @@ MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(of, ipa_match);
 static void ipa_validate_build(void)
 {
 #ifdef IPA_VALIDATE
-	/* We assume we're working on 64-bit hardware */
-	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT));
+	/* At one time we assumed a 64-bit build, allowing some do_div()
+	 * calls to be replaced by simple division or modulo operations.
+	 * We currently only perform divide and modulo operations on u32,
+	 * u16, or size_t objects, and of those only size_t has any chance
+	 * of being a 64-bit value.  (It should be guaranteed 32 bits wide
+	 * on a 32-bit build, but there is no harm in verifying that.)
+	 */
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_64BIT) && sizeof(size_t) != 4);
 
 	/* Code assumes the EE ID for the AP is 0 (zeroed structure field) */
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(GSI_EE_AP != 0);