diff --git a/drivers/staging/octeon/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/octeon/Kconfig
index 5319909eb2f6..e7f4ddcc1361 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/octeon/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/octeon/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ config OCTEON_ETHERNET
 	tristate "Cavium Networks Octeon Ethernet support"
 	depends on CAVIUM_OCTEON_SOC || COMPILE_TEST
 	depends on NETDEVICES
+	depends on BROKEN
 	select PHYLIB
 	select MDIO_OCTEON
 	help