diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kasan b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
index 542a9c18398e..8f0742a0f23e 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kasan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kasan
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ config KASAN_SW_TAGS_IDENTIFY
 
 config KASAN_VMALLOC
 	bool "Back mappings in vmalloc space with real shadow memory"
-	depends on HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC
+	depends on KASAN_GENERIC && HAVE_ARCH_KASAN_VMALLOC
 	help
 	  By default, the shadow region for vmalloc space is the read-only
 	  zero page. This means that KASAN cannot detect errors involving