diff --git a/kernel/trace/Kconfig b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
index 29db703f6880..467975300ddd 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/Kconfig
+++ b/kernel/trace/Kconfig
@@ -824,7 +824,7 @@ config PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST
 
 config SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
 	tristate "Test module for in-kernel synthetic event generation"
-	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS
+	depends on SYNTH_EVENTS && m
 	help
           This option creates a test module to check the base
           functionality of in-kernel synthetic event definition and
@@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ config SYNTH_EVENT_GEN_TEST
 
 config KPROBE_EVENT_GEN_TEST
 	tristate "Test module for in-kernel kprobe event generation"
-	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS
+	depends on KPROBE_EVENTS && m
 	help
           This option creates a test module to check the base
           functionality of in-kernel kprobe event definition.