diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/Kconfig b/fs/ocfs2/Kconfig
index 0d840669698ea7584c5eb860a1430206e76712c1..ab152c00cd3af885aad24333da0427b736294312 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/Kconfig
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ config OCFS2_FS_USERSPACE_CLUSTER
 
 config OCFS2_FS_STATS
 	bool "OCFS2 statistics"
-	depends on OCFS2_FS
+	depends on OCFS2_FS && DEBUG_FS
 	default y
 	help
 	  This option allows some fs statistics to be captured. Enabling