diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 386ae12d8523b..3b34c44832e07 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ config KEXEC
 config KEXEC_FILE
 	bool "kexec file based system call"
 	select KEXEC_CORE
-	select HAVE_IMA_KEXEC
+	select HAVE_IMA_KEXEC if IMA
 	select BUILD_BIN2C
 	select KEXEC_ELF
 	depends on PPC64