diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 22fa8189e4fc..3e2daef3c946 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -648,7 +648,7 @@ config DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
 	bool "Defer initialisation of struct pages to kthreads"
 	default n
 	depends on ARCH_SUPPORTS_DEFERRED_STRUCT_PAGE_INIT
-	depends on MEMORY_HOTPLUG
+	depends on NO_BOOTMEM && MEMORY_HOTPLUG
 	depends on !FLATMEM
 	help
 	  Ordinarily all struct pages are initialised during early boot in a