diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 4279304f43cc..bb1c94c954e6 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -735,7 +735,7 @@ config SGI_IP27_RTC
 
 config GEN_RTC
 	tristate "Generic /dev/rtc emulation"
-	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !PPC64
+	depends on RTC!=y && !IA64 && !ARM && !PPC64 && !M32R
 	---help---
 	  If you say Y here and create a character special file /dev/rtc with
 	  major number 10 and minor number 135 using mknod ("man mknod"), you