diff --git a/drivers/of/Kconfig b/drivers/of/Kconfig
index 868f3712bc67..5160c4eb73c2 100644
--- a/drivers/of/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/of/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ menu "Device Tree and Open Firmware support"
 
 config OF_SELFTEST
 	bool "Device Tree Runtime self tests"
-	depends on OF_IRQ
+	depends on OF_IRQ && OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
 	select OF_DYNAMIC
 	help
 	  This option builds in test cases for the device tree infrastructure