diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index 80598cfd728c39744c5841e0e5d0bbd078833dba..c48260fb8fd910add057a6d94f5ecc7b14d4fa2f 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ config SCHEDSTATS
 
 config DEBUG_SLAB
 	bool "Debug memory allocations"
-	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
+	depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && SLAB
 	help
 	  Say Y here to have the kernel do limited verification on memory
 	  allocation as well as poisoning memory on free to catch use of freed