diff --git a/kernel/resource_kunit.c b/kernel/resource_kunit.c
index 42785796f1db..9eeb2b1a85c0 100644
--- a/kernel/resource_kunit.c
+++ b/kernel/resource_kunit.c
@@ -225,6 +225,9 @@ static void resource_test_region_intersects(struct kunit *test)
 	struct resource *parent;
 	resource_size_t start;
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_GET_FREE_REGION))
+		kunit_skip(test, "CONFIG_GET_FREE_REGION is disabled");
+
 	/* Find an iomem_resource hole to hold test resources */
 	parent = alloc_free_mem_region(&iomem_resource, RES_TEST_TOTAL_SIZE, SZ_1M,
 				       "test resources");
diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index c3f448f3b8f1..56228eefdb4a 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -2776,7 +2776,6 @@ config RESOURCE_KUNIT_TEST
 	tristate "KUnit test for resource API" if !KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
 	depends on KUNIT
 	default KUNIT_ALL_TESTS
-	select GET_FREE_REGION
 	help
 	  This builds the resource API unit test.
 	  Tests the logic of API provided by resource.c and ioport.h.