diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index c40a7c65fb4c..0fa05ba08442 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -1790,7 +1790,7 @@ config IO_URING
 
 config GCOV_PROFILE_URING
 	bool "Enable GCOV profiling on the io_uring subsystem"
-	depends on GCOV_KERNEL
+	depends on IO_URING && GCOV_KERNEL
 	help
 	  Enable GCOV profiling on the io_uring subsystem, to facilitate
 	  code coverage testing.