diff --git a/arch/i386/Kconfig b/arch/i386/Kconfig
index bfea1bedcbf2..b008fb0cd7b7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/i386/Kconfig
@@ -737,7 +737,7 @@ config PHYSICAL_START
 
 config HOTPLUG_CPU
 	bool "Support for hot-pluggable CPUs (EXPERIMENTAL)"
-	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_VOYAGER
+	depends on SMP && HOTPLUG && EXPERIMENTAL && !X86_VOYAGER && !X86_PC
 	---help---
 	  Say Y here to experiment with turning CPUs off and on.  CPUs
 	  can be controlled through /sys/devices/system/cpu.