diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
index 5965e8027529..7687ed652df5 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/bridge/imx/Kconfig
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@ if ARCH_MXC || COMPILE_TEST
 config DRM_IMX_LDB_HELPER
 	tristate
 
 config DRM_IMX8MP_DW_HDMI_BRIDGE
 	tristate "Freescale i.MX8MP HDMI-TX bridge support"
-	depends on OF
 	depends on COMMON_CLK
-	select DRM_DW_HDMI
+	depends on DRM_DW_HDMI
+	depends on OF
 	select DRM_IMX8MP_HDMI_PVI
 	select PHY_FSL_SAMSUNG_HDMI_PHY
 	help
 	  Choose this to enable support for the internal HDMI encoder found
 	  on the i.MX8MP SoC.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/Kconfig
index bacf0655ebaf..5d810ac02171 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/imx/ipuv3/Kconfig
@@ -33,9 +33,10 @@ config DRM_IMX_LDB
 	  Choose this to enable the internal LVDS Display Bridge (LDB)
 	  found on i.MX53 and i.MX6 processors.
 
 config DRM_IMX_HDMI
 	tristate "Freescale i.MX DRM HDMI"
-	select DRM_DW_HDMI
-	depends on DRM_IMX && OF
+	depends on DRM_DW_HDMI
+	depends on DRM_IMX
+	depends on OF
 	help
 	  Choose this if you want to use HDMI on i.MX6.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/ingenic/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/ingenic/Kconfig
index 3db117c5edd9..23effeb2ac72 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/ingenic/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/ingenic/Kconfig
@@ -25,12 +25,12 @@ config DRM_INGENIC_IPU
 
 	  The Image Processing Unit (IPU) will appear as a second primary plane.
 
 config DRM_INGENIC_DW_HDMI
 	tristate "Ingenic specific support for Synopsys DW HDMI"
+	depends on DRM_DW_HDMI
 	depends on MACH_JZ4780
-	select DRM_DW_HDMI
 	help
 	  Choose this option to enable Synopsys DesignWare HDMI based driver.
 	  If you want to enable HDMI on Ingenic JZ4780 based SoC, you should
 	  select this option.
 
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/Kconfig
index 615fdd0ce41b..5520b9e3f010 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/meson/Kconfig
@@ -11,13 +11,13 @@ config DRM_MESON
 	select MESON_CANVAS
 	select CEC_CORE if CEC_NOTIFIER
 
 config DRM_MESON_DW_HDMI
 	tristate "HDMI Synopsys Controller support for Amlogic Meson Display"
+	depends on DRM_DW_HDMI
 	depends on DRM_MESON
 	default y if DRM_MESON
-	select DRM_DW_HDMI
 	imply DRM_DW_HDMI_I2S_AUDIO
 
 config DRM_MESON_DW_MIPI_DSI
 	tristate "MIPI DSI Synopsys Controller support for Amlogic Meson Display"
 	depends on DRM_MESON
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/Kconfig
index 53c356aed5d5..2dc739db2ba3 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/renesas/rcar-du/Kconfig
@@ -23,12 +23,12 @@ config DRM_RCAR_CMM
 	depends on DRM_RCAR_USE_CMM
 
 config DRM_RCAR_DW_HDMI
 	tristate "R-Car Gen3 and RZ/G2 DU HDMI Encoder Support"
 	depends on DRM && OF
+	depends on DRM_DW_HDMI
 	depends on DRM_RCAR_DU || COMPILE_TEST
-	select DRM_DW_HDMI
 	help
 	  Enable support for R-Car Gen3 or RZ/G2 internal HDMI encoder.
 
 config DRM_RCAR_USE_LVDS
 	bool "R-Car DU LVDS Encoder Support"
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
index 1bf3e2829cd0..0d5260e10f27 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/rockchip/Kconfig
@@ -5,11 +5,10 @@ config DRM_ROCKCHIP
 	select DRM_GEM_DMA_HELPER
 	select DRM_KMS_HELPER
 	select DRM_PANEL
 	select VIDEOMODE_HELPERS
 	select DRM_ANALOGIX_DP if ROCKCHIP_ANALOGIX_DP
-	select DRM_DW_HDMI if ROCKCHIP_DW_HDMI
 	select DRM_DW_MIPI_DSI if ROCKCHIP_DW_MIPI_DSI
 	select GENERIC_PHY if ROCKCHIP_DW_MIPI_DSI
 	select GENERIC_PHY_MIPI_DPHY if ROCKCHIP_DW_MIPI_DSI
 	select SND_SOC_HDMI_CODEC if ROCKCHIP_CDN_DP && SND_SOC
 	help
@@ -55,10 +54,11 @@ config ROCKCHIP_CDN_DP
 	  RK3399 based SoC, you should select this
 	  option.
 
 config ROCKCHIP_DW_HDMI
 	bool "Rockchip specific extensions for Synopsys DW HDMI"
+	depends on DRM_DW_HDMI
 	help
 	  This selects support for Rockchip SoC specific extensions
 	  for the Synopsys DesignWare HDMI driver. If you want to
 	  enable HDMI on RK3288 or RK3399 based SoC, you should select
 	  this option.
diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Kconfig b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Kconfig
index 4741d9f6544c..5b19c7cb7b7e 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Kconfig
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@ config DRM_SUN6I_DSI
 	  sun6i_mipi_dsi.
 
 config DRM_SUN8I_DW_HDMI
 	tristate "Support for Allwinner version of DesignWare HDMI"
 	depends on DRM_SUN4I
+	depends on DRM_DW_HDMI
 	default DRM_SUN4I
-	select DRM_DW_HDMI
 	help
 	  Choose this option if you have an Allwinner SoC with the
 	  DesignWare HDMI controller. SoCs that support HDMI and
 	  have a Display Engine 2.0 contain this controller. If M is
 	  selected the module will be called sun8i_dw_hdmi.
