diff --git a/arch/s390/Kconfig b/arch/s390/Kconfig
index 6b0a3538dc63b9ab8ff62344904f186b01876702..3f470604a89afcd22996d1715a321ec5d2c5375d 100644
--- a/arch/s390/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/s390/Kconfig
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ config APPLDATA_OS
 
 config APPLDATA_NET_SUM
 	tristate "Monitor overall network statistics"
-	depends on APPLDATA_BASE
+	depends on APPLDATA_BASE && NET
 	help
 	  This provides network related data to the Linux - VM Monitor Stream,
 	  currently there is only a total sum of network I/O statistics, no