diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig b/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
index aee2a5c75e0d..2d3b12401db1 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/Kconfig
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BAYTRAIL
 config SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL_MACH
 	tristate "ASoC Audio DSP support for Intel Haswell Lynxpoint"
 	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C && I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM
-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE
+	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE=y
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL
 	select SND_SOC_RT5640
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL_MACH
 config SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_RT5640_MACH
 	tristate "ASoC Audio driver for Intel Baytrail with RT5640 codec"
 	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C
-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE
+	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE=y
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_BAYTRAIL
 	select SND_SOC_RT5640
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_RT5640_MACH
 config SND_SOC_INTEL_BYT_MAX98090_MACH
 	tristate "ASoC Audio driver for Intel Baytrail with MAX98090 codec"
 	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C
-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE
+	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE=y
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_BAYTRAIL
 	select SND_SOC_MAX98090
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ config SND_SOC_INTEL_BROADWELL_MACH
 	tristate "ASoC Audio DSP support for Intel Broadwell Wildcatpoint"
 	depends on X86_INTEL_LPSS && I2C && DW_DMAC && \
 		   I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM
-	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE
+	depends on DW_DMAC_CORE=y
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_SST
 	select SND_SOC_INTEL_HASWELL
 	select SND_SOC_RT286
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/Makefile b/sound/soc/intel/common/Makefile
index 658edce16761..3b9332e7a094 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/Makefile
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/Makefile
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@ snd-soc-sst-dsp-objs := sst-dsp.o
 snd-soc-sst-acpi-objs := sst-acpi.o sst-match-acpi.o
 snd-soc-sst-ipc-objs := sst-ipc.o
 
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_DW_DMAC_CORE),)
-snd-soc-sst-dsp-objs += sst-firmware.o
-endif
+snd-soc-sst-dsp-$(CONFIG_DW_DMAC_CORE) += sst-firmware.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_INTEL_SST) += snd-soc-sst-dsp.o snd-soc-sst-ipc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SND_SOC_INTEL_SST_ACPI) += snd-soc-sst-acpi.o
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c
index c9452e02e0dd..b5bbdf4fe93a 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.c
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ void sst_dsp_inbox_read(struct sst_dsp *sst, void *message, size_t bytes)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sst_dsp_inbox_read);
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DW_DMAC_CORE)
+#ifdef CONFIG_DW_DMAC_CORE
 struct sst_dsp *sst_dsp_new(struct device *dev,
 	struct sst_dsp_device *sst_dev, struct sst_pdata *pdata)
 {
diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.h b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.h
index 859f0de00339..0b84c719ec48 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.h
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/common/sst-dsp.h
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ struct sst_pdata {
 	void *dsp;
 };
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DW_DMAC_CORE)
+#ifdef CONFIG_DW_DMAC_CORE
 /* Initialization */
 struct sst_dsp *sst_dsp_new(struct device *dev,
 	struct sst_dsp_device *sst_dev, struct sst_pdata *pdata);