diff --git a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
index f38b17a86c359a18240cd7e2c243474aa7d0934c..271be8059b931500698ed20d7e03d3f099450751 100644
--- a/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/virtio/Kconfig
@@ -27,8 +27,7 @@ config VIRTIO_PCI
 
 config VIRTIO_BALLOON
 	tristate "Virtio balloon driver (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	select VIRTIO
-	select VIRTIO_RING
+	depends on EXPERIMENTAL && VIRTIO
 	---help---
 	 This driver supports increasing and decreasing the amount
 	 of memory within a KVM guest.