diff --git a/drivers/edac/Kconfig b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
index cb59619df23f..2d2530cdf99d 100644
--- a/drivers/edac/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/edac/Kconfig
@@ -377,8 +377,8 @@ config EDAC_OCTEON_PCI
 	  Cavium Octeon family of SOCs.
 
 config EDAC_ALTERA_MC
-	tristate "Altera SDRAM Memory Controller EDAC"
-	depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC && ARCH_SOCFPGA
+	bool "Altera SDRAM Memory Controller EDAC"
+	depends on EDAC_MM_EDAC=y && ARCH_SOCFPGA
 	help
 	  Support for error detection and correction on the
 	  Altera SDRAM memory controller. Note that the