diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index bc99582bdc85..99a3e14e62bd 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ config ARM
 	select HAVE_EBPF_JIT if !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32
 	select HAVE_CONTEXT_TRACKING
 	select HAVE_C_RECORDMCOUNT
-	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK
+	select HAVE_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK if !XIP_KERNEL
 	select HAVE_DMA_CONTIGUOUS if MMU
 	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE if !XIP_KERNEL && !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32 && MMU
 	select HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS if HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE