diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index ebe8fc76949a..a7e0bf47f2db 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 
 config ARCH_SELECT_MEMORY_MODEL
 	def_bool y
-	depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
+	depends on ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE && ARCH_FLATMEM_ENABLE
 
 config ARCH_MEMORY_PROBE
 	bool "Enable sysfs memory/probe interface"