diff --git a/drivers/perf/Kconfig b/drivers/perf/Kconfig
index 110330ecf714a8f29d2b8e017044b14564db0e38..08ebaf7cca8baf14b4ac19345d38cdabf80c110e 100644
--- a/drivers/perf/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/perf/Kconfig
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config XGENE_PMU
 
 config ARM_SPE_PMU
 	tristate "Enable support for the ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling Extension"
-	depends on PERF_EVENTS && ARM64
+	depends on ARM64
 	help
 	  Enable perf support for the ARMv8.2 Statistical Profiling
 	  Extension, which provides periodic sampling of operations in