diff --git a/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig b/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
index 677d1aff61b7..788e7830771b 100644
--- a/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/rapidio/Kconfig
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ config RAPIDIO_ENABLE_RX_TX_PORTS
 config RAPIDIO_DMA_ENGINE
 	bool "DMA Engine support for RapidIO"
 	depends on RAPIDIO
-	select DMADEVICES
+	depends on DMADEVICES
 	select DMA_ENGINE
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to use DMA Engine frameork for RapidIO data