diff --git a/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig b/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
index a16bf56d3f28..85a339030e4b 100644
--- a/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/lightnvm/Kconfig
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ if NVM
 
 config NVM_DEBUG
 	bool "Open-Channel SSD debugging support"
+	default n
 	---help---
 	Exposes a debug management interface to create/remove targets at: