diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 7630ba9cb6cc..4349525cd1e1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ config ARCH_MULTIPLATFORM
 config ARCH_FOOTBRIDGE
 	bool "FootBridge"
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select CPU_SA110
 	select FOOTBRIDGE
 	select NEED_MACH_MEMORY_H
@@ -361,6 +362,7 @@ config ARCH_RPC
 	bool "RiscPC"
 	depends on !CC_IS_CLANG && GCC_VERSION < 90100 && GCC_VERSION >= 60000
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select ARCH_ACORN
 	select ARCH_MAY_HAVE_PC_FDC
 	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
@@ -380,6 +382,7 @@ config ARCH_RPC
 config ARCH_SA1100
 	bool "SA1100-based"
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select ARCH_MTD_XIP
 	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
@@ -1539,7 +1542,7 @@ config USE_OF
 	  Include support for flattened device tree machine descriptions.
 
 config ATAGS
-	bool "Support for the traditional ATAGS boot data passing" if USE_OF
+	bool "Support for the traditional ATAGS boot data passing"
 	default y
 	help
 	  This is the traditional way of passing data to the kernel at boot
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/Kconfig
index 1ecf5466931e..622f3cf28c68 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/Kconfig
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 menuconfig ARCH_CNS3XXX
 	bool "Cavium Networks CNS3XXX family"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V6
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select ARM_GIC
 	help
 	  Support for Cavium Networks CNS3XXX platform.
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig
index c30c69c664ea..b2bb2162e31c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-dove/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 menuconfig ARCH_DOVE
 	bool "Marvell Dove" if ARCH_MULTI_V7
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select CPU_PJ4
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select MVEBU_MBUS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/Kconfig
index 21f4cc2ba651..ecac8b487dae 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-ep93xx/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 menuconfig ARCH_EP93XX
 	bool "EP93xx-based"
+	depends on ATAGS
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4T
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
 	select ARCH_SPARSEMEM_ENABLE
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig
index 01f60a8e6404..142c6374543c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-iop32x/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_IOP32X
 	bool "IOP32x-based platforms"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select CPU_XSCALE
 	select GPIO_IOP
 	select GPIOLIB
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
index f0276f0d1102..21624107296a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_MV78XX0
 	bool "Marvell MV78xx0"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V5
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select CPU_FEROCEON
 	select GPIOLIB
 	select MVEBU_MBUS
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig
index 0ac0567f721d..cbeb2b3ba86e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-omap1/Kconfig
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_OMAP1
 	bool "TI OMAP1"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4T || ARCH_MULTI_V5
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select ARCH_HAS_HOLES_MEMORYMODEL
 	select ARCH_OMAP
 	select CLKSRC_MMIO
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c24xx b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c24xx
index 662c5aec2ea3..88a5a333312a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c24xx
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-s3c/Kconfig.s3c24xx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ menuconfig ARCH_S3C24XX
 	bool "Samsung S3C24XX SoCs (deprecated, see help)"
 	depends on ARCH_MULTI_V4T || ARCH_MULTI_V5
 	depends on CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN
-	select ATAGS
+	depends on ATAGS
 	select CLKSRC_SAMSUNG_PWM
 	select GPIO_SAMSUNG
 	select GPIOLIB