diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index a40e5f6abda0c3c3976b3be92b84584f94f26857..27ebd9b3dbaaa538fd68eafa52c7af7150ca33fc 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ config ARM
 	select ARCH_WANT_IPC_PARSE_VERSION
 	select BUILDTIME_EXTABLE_SORT if MMU
 	select CPU_PM if (SUSPEND || CPU_IDLE)
-	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
+	select DCACHE_WORD_ACCESS if (CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CPU_V7) && !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN && MMU
 	select GENERIC_ATOMIC64 if (CPU_V6 || !CPU_32v6K || !AEABI)
 	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS_BROADCAST if SMP
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_PROBE