diff --git a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
index 17c9c5ec14c526fe0eddbf77e9771550bae6fbb8..801db1341811d6eace2732c7238bfd9190ffff1f 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
+++ b/fs/Kconfig.binfmt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ config BINFMT_ELF
 
 config COMPAT_BINFMT_ELF
 	bool
-	depends on COMPAT && MMU
+	depends on COMPAT && BINFMT_ELF
 
 config BINFMT_ELF_FDPIC
 	bool "Kernel support for FDPIC ELF binaries"