diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
index 449154f9a485..e179b8ad79e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/Kconfig
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ if NVHE_EL2_DEBUG
 
 config NVHE_EL2_TRACING
 	bool
-	depends on TRACING && FTRACE
+	depends on FTRACE
 	select TRACE_REMOTE
 	default y
 
diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 0ab5916575a9..6587450cfcd1 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -1329,6 +1329,7 @@ source "kernel/trace/rv/Kconfig"
 
 config TRACE_REMOTE
 	bool
+	select TRACING
 
 config SIMPLE_RING_BUFFER
 	bool