diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index d86c865a7cd2..0afec8566e7b 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@ config HIGHMEM4G
 
 config HIGHMEM64G
 	bool "64GB"
+	depends on X86_CMPXCHG64
 	help
 	  Select this if you have a 32-bit processor and more than 4
 	  gigabytes of physical RAM.