diff --git a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
index fd4d4ecd2df0..e0629e9328c8 100644
--- a/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/soc/qcom/Kconfig
@@ -321,6 +321,7 @@ config QCOM_QMI_HELPERS
 
 config QCOM_UBWC_CONFIG
 	tristate
+	depends on QCOM_SMEM
 	help
 	  Most Qualcomm SoCs feature a number of Universal Bandwidth Compression
 	  (UBWC) engines across various IP blocks, which need to be initialized