diff --git a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
index 783fb186d8765a4ebdb7bd3c1701f3c8daa9c2cf..f0855ce08ed9ac81c1e1460ae04d10ddc312967e 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/ubi/Kconfig
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ config MTD_UBI_GLUEBI
 config MTD_UBI_BLOCK
 	bool "Read-only block devices on top of UBI volumes"
 	default n
+	depends on BLOCK
 	help
 	   This option enables read-only UBI block devices support. UBI block
 	   devices will be layered on top of UBI volumes, which means that the