diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 5f15468300bf..de5c61d5db2c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ config CRASH_DUMP
 
 config FA_DUMP
 	bool "Firmware-assisted dump"
-	depends on PPC64 && PPC_RTAS && CRASH_DUMP
+	depends on PPC64 && PPC_RTAS && CRASH_DUMP && KEXEC
 	help
 	  A robust mechanism to get reliable kernel crash dump with
 	  assistance from firmware. This approach does not use kexec,