diff --git a/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/Kconfig b/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/Kconfig
index 7f01d8e93992..8a828fe41fad 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/misc/altera-stapl/Kconfig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-comment "Altera FPGA firmware download module"
+comment "Altera FPGA firmware download module (requires I2C)"
+	depends on !I2C
 
 config ALTERA_STAPL
 	tristate "Altera FPGA firmware download module"