diff --git a/drivers/iommu/Kconfig b/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
index 1ae4e547b419..a5c8d5e62871 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
@@ -178,6 +178,9 @@ config OMAP_IOMMU
 	depends on ARM && MMU
 	depends on ARCH_OMAP2PLUS || COMPILE_TEST
 	select IOMMU_API
+	---help---
+	  The OMAP3 media platform drivers depend on iommu support,
+	  if you need them say Y here.
 
 config OMAP_IOMMU_DEBUG
 	bool "Export OMAP IOMMU internals in DebugFS"
diff --git a/drivers/media/platform/Kconfig b/drivers/media/platform/Kconfig
index 421f53188c6c..19306f7229c0 100644
--- a/drivers/media/platform/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/media/platform/Kconfig
@@ -87,8 +87,8 @@ config VIDEO_OMAP3
 	tristate "OMAP 3 Camera support"
 	depends on VIDEO_V4L2 && I2C && VIDEO_V4L2_SUBDEV_API && ARCH_OMAP3
 	depends on HAS_DMA
+	depends on OMAP_IOMMU
 	select ARM_DMA_USE_IOMMU
-	select OMAP_IOMMU
 	select VIDEOBUF2_DMA_CONTIG
 	select MFD_SYSCON
 	---help---