diff --git a/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig
index 8f201d019f5a4d072255284d31f73c450786c4ef..3bfe72c59864cf24e2b762c7f6618289acf916ee 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/mic/Kconfig
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ config MIC_COSM
 
 config VOP
 	tristate "VOP Driver"
-	depends on VOP_BUS
+	depends on VOP_BUS && VHOST_DPN
 	select VHOST_RING
 	select VIRTIO
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig b/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig
index 9db0570c5bebbeb0dad6b1097bb4aae6c6dcd233..661c25eb1c46f0f436fcd0b525cea9fceb5c899b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/caif/Kconfig
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ config CAIF_HSI
 
 config CAIF_VIRTIO
 	tristate "CAIF virtio transport driver"
-	depends on CAIF && HAS_DMA
+	depends on CAIF && HAS_DMA && VHOST_DPN
 	select VHOST_RING
 	select VIRTIO
 	select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
diff --git a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
index 3e1ceb8e9f2b52695ff9bbbeab1defe8afd911ea..e8140065c8a53f93ab97e7fbca4f49375284e30c 100644
--- a/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vdpa/Kconfig
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ if VDPA
 
 config VDPA_SIM
 	tristate "vDPA device simulator"
-	depends on RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU && HAS_DMA
+	depends on RUNTIME_TESTING_MENU && HAS_DMA && VHOST_DPN
 	select VHOST_RING
 	default n
 	help
diff --git a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
index 2c75d164b82729955744c314fc896630a5b322fe..c4f27379359537ecc983da9611214e8547edb3bf 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/vhost/Kconfig
@@ -13,6 +13,15 @@ config VHOST_RING
 	  This option is selected by any driver which needs to access
 	  the host side of a virtio ring.
 
+config VHOST_DPN
+	bool
+	depends on !ARM || AEABI
+	default y
+	help
+	  Anything selecting VHOST or VHOST_RING must depend on VHOST_DPN.
+	  This excludes the deprecated ARM ABI since that forces a 4 byte
+	  alignment on all structs - incompatible with virtio spec requirements.
+
 config VHOST
 	tristate
 	select VHOST_IOTLB
@@ -28,7 +37,7 @@ if VHOST_MENU
 
 config VHOST_NET
 	tristate "Host kernel accelerator for virtio net"
-	depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (TAP || !TAP)
+	depends on NET && EVENTFD && (TUN || !TUN) && (TAP || !TAP) && VHOST_DPN
 	select VHOST
 	---help---
 	  This kernel module can be loaded in host kernel to accelerate
@@ -40,7 +49,7 @@ config VHOST_NET
 
 config VHOST_SCSI
 	tristate "VHOST_SCSI TCM fabric driver"
-	depends on TARGET_CORE && EVENTFD
+	depends on TARGET_CORE && EVENTFD && VHOST_DPN
 	select VHOST
 	default n
 	---help---
@@ -49,7 +58,7 @@ config VHOST_SCSI
 
 config VHOST_VSOCK
 	tristate "vhost virtio-vsock driver"
-	depends on VSOCKETS && EVENTFD
+	depends on VSOCKETS && EVENTFD && VHOST_DPN
 	select VHOST
 	select VIRTIO_VSOCKETS_COMMON
 	default n
@@ -63,7 +72,7 @@ config VHOST_VSOCK
 
 config VHOST_VDPA
 	tristate "Vhost driver for vDPA-based backend"
-	depends on EVENTFD
+	depends on EVENTFD && VHOST_DPN
 	select VHOST
 	depends on VDPA
 	help