diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig
index 2b5930150cdafeda14fde7e620b437ca6415a101..13b43278a38dc89d9f4758e6ef07f9ea13f16437 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/Kconfig
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ config LNET_SELFTEST
 config LNET_XPRT_IB
 	tristate "LNET infiniband support"
 	depends on LNET && INFINIBAND && INFINIBAND_ADDR_TRANS
+	depends on BROKEN
 	default LNET && INFINIBAND
 	help
 	  This option allows the LNET users to use infiniband as an