diff --git a/drivers/dax/Kconfig b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
index daadd20aa936a85e087ba0145147ffa48eac05a9..3e2ab3b14eea205f19e8b436291e5117cec9567d 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/dax/Kconfig
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ if DEV_DAX
 
 config DEV_DAX_PMEM
 	tristate "PMEM DAX: direct access to persistent memory"
-	depends on NVDIMM_DAX
+	depends on LIBNVDIMM && NVDIMM_DAX
 	default DEV_DAX
 	help
 	  Support raw access to persistent memory.  Note that this
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig b/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig
index 8b2b740d6679e61f544a990164eb9e8f2e614f42..124c2432ac9cb3d6e0a696023507f5131774c282 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/Kconfig
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ config NVDIMM_PFN
 	  Select Y if unsure
 
 config NVDIMM_DAX
-	tristate "NVDIMM DAX: Raw access to persistent memory"
+	bool "NVDIMM DAX: Raw access to persistent memory"
 	default LIBNVDIMM
 	depends on NVDIMM_PFN
 	help