diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index 27e8453274e660b17c08d555aa4e394f7b01a548..53d62373a5240d149e0604bc4b1458a5c440e0f5 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ config PARAVIRT
 
 config VMI
 	bool "VMI Paravirt-ops support"
-	depends on PARAVIRT
+	depends on PARAVIRT && !COMPAT_VDSO
 	help
 	  VMI provides a paravirtualized interface to the VMware ESX server
 	  (it could be used by other hypervisors in theory too, but is not