diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index f1d9297b105084be1f3718213fd592e0dd0d1747..bf1f8dba02f369b0fdc43b77de347a0a0dad9539 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1311,7 +1311,7 @@ config HZ
 
 config THUMB2_KERNEL
 	bool "Compile the kernel in Thumb-2 mode"
-	depends on CPU_V7 && EXPERIMENTAL
+	depends on CPU_V7 && !CPU_V6 && EXPERIMENTAL
 	select AEABI
 	select ARM_ASM_UNIFIED
 	help