diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
index 45724923a69c..9ff731f50a29 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 
 config ARCH_SPARSEMEM_DEFAULT
 	def_bool y
-	depends on (SMP && PPC_PSERIES) || PPC_PS3
+	depends on PPC_BOOK3S_64
 
 config SYS_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS
 	bool