diff --git a/drivers/iommu/Kconfig b/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
index ec1b5e32b9725..5124e7431fe31 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/iommu/Kconfig
@@ -154,7 +154,6 @@ config IOMMU_DMA
 	select DMA_OPS_HELPERS
 	select IOMMU_API
 	select IOMMU_IOVA
-	select IRQ_MSI_IOMMU
 	select NEED_SG_DMA_LENGTH
 	select NEED_SG_DMA_FLAGS if SWIOTLB
 
diff --git a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
index 3b58244e6344a..94263ed2c5644 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/dma-iommu.c
@@ -449,8 +449,10 @@ void iommu_put_dma_cookie(struct iommu_domain *domain)
 	struct iommu_dma_cookie *cookie = domain->iova_cookie;
 	struct iommu_dma_msi_page *msi, *tmp;
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IRQ_MSI_IOMMU)
 	if (domain->sw_msi != iommu_dma_sw_msi)
 		return;
+#endif
 
 	if (!cookie)
 		return;
diff --git a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
index c11b9965c4ad9..64658a1c3aa18 100644
--- a/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/irqchip/Kconfig
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ config ARM_GIC_V2M
 	select ARM_GIC
 	select IRQ_MSI_LIB
 	select PCI_MSI
+	select IRQ_MSI_IOMMU
 
 config GIC_NON_BANKED
 	bool
@@ -38,12 +39,14 @@ config ARM_GIC_V3
 	select PARTITION_PERCPU
 	select GENERIC_IRQ_EFFECTIVE_AFF_MASK if SMP
 	select HAVE_ARM_SMCCC_DISCOVERY
+	select IRQ_MSI_IOMMU
 
 config ARM_GIC_V3_ITS
 	bool
 	select GENERIC_MSI_IRQ
 	select IRQ_MSI_LIB
 	default ARM_GIC_V3
+	select IRQ_MSI_IOMMU
 
 config ARM_GIC_V3_ITS_FSL_MC
 	bool
@@ -408,6 +411,7 @@ config LS_EXTIRQ
 
 config LS_SCFG_MSI
 	def_bool y if SOC_LS1021A || ARCH_LAYERSCAPE
+	select IRQ_MSI_IOMMU
 	depends on PCI_MSI
 
 config PARTITION_PERCPU
diff --git a/kernel/irq/Kconfig b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
index 5432418c0feaf..9636aed20401b 100644
--- a/kernel/irq/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/irq/Kconfig
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ config GENERIC_MSI_IRQ
 	bool
 	select IRQ_DOMAIN_HIERARCHY
 
+# irqchip drivers should select this if they call iommu_dma_prepare_msi()
 config IRQ_MSI_IOMMU
 	bool