diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
index c4bca16dae572425f159e8bd0ae888ac70b3cb67..31ff35174034297ab68cc6eeae6b9d063812f1f4 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/stmicro/stmmac/Kconfig
@@ -83,7 +83,6 @@ config DWMAC_IPQ806X
 	default ARCH_QCOM
 	depends on OF && (ARCH_QCOM || COMPILE_TEST)
 	select MFD_SYSCON
-	select QCOM_SOCINFO
 	help
 	  Support for QCA IPQ806X DWMAC Ethernet.
 
@@ -92,6 +91,9 @@ config DWMAC_IPQ806X
 	  acceleration features available on this SoC. Network devices
 	  will behave like standard non-accelerated ethernet interfaces.
 
+	  Select the QCOM_SOCINFO config flag to enable specific dwmac
+	  fixup based on the ipq806x SoC revision.
+
 config DWMAC_LPC18XX
 	tristate "NXP LPC18xx/43xx DWMAC support"
 	default ARCH_LPC18XX