diff --git a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
index 07002df4f83ac..cb14f1ec59539 100644
--- a/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/thermal/Kconfig
@@ -206,6 +206,7 @@ config HISI_THERMAL
 config IMX_THERMAL
 	tristate "Temperature sensor driver for Freescale i.MX SoCs"
 	depends on (ARCH_MXC && CPU_THERMAL) || COMPILE_TEST
+	depends on NVMEM || !NVMEM
 	depends on MFD_SYSCON
 	depends on OF
 	help