diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
index 094c17e..47323ca 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/Kconfig
@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@
 	def_bool y
 	select SPARSEMEM_STATIC
 	depends on CPU_CAVIUM_OCTEON
+
+config CAVIUM_OCTEON_HELPER
+	def_bool y
+	depends on OCTEON_ETHERNET || PCI
diff --git a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/Makefile b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/Makefile
index 2fd66db..7f41c5b 100644
--- a/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/cavium-octeon/executive/Makefile
@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@
 
 obj-y += cvmx-bootmem.o cvmx-l2c.o cvmx-sysinfo.o octeon-model.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_PCI) += cvmx-helper-errata.o cvmx-helper-jtag.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CAVIUM_OCTEON_HELPER) += cvmx-helper-errata.o cvmx-helper-jtag.o