diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig
index ed3753d8c109..7ddd0a2c8027 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/iseries/Kconfig
@@ -10,18 +10,21 @@ menu "iSeries device drivers"
 config VIODASD
 	tristate "iSeries Virtual I/O disk support"
 	depends on BLOCK
+	select VIOPATH
 	help
 	  If you are running on an iSeries system and you want to use
 	  virtual disks created and managed by OS/400, say Y.
 
 config VIOCD
 	tristate "iSeries Virtual I/O CD support"
+	select VIOPATH
 	help
 	  If you are running Linux on an IBM iSeries system and you want to
 	  read a CD drive owned by OS/400, say Y here.
 
 config VIOTAPE
 	tristate "iSeries Virtual Tape Support"
+	select VIOPATH
 	help
 	  If you are running Linux on an iSeries system and you want Linux
 	  to read and/or write a tape drive owned by OS/400, say Y here.
@@ -30,5 +33,3 @@ endmenu
 
 config VIOPATH
 	bool
-	depends on VIODASD || VIOCD || VIOTAPE || ISERIES_VETH
-	default y
diff --git a/drivers/char/Kconfig b/drivers/char/Kconfig
index 35914b6e1d2a..f5be8081cd81 100644
--- a/drivers/char/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/char/Kconfig
@@ -616,6 +616,7 @@ config HVC_ISERIES
 	default y
 	select HVC_DRIVER
 	select HVC_IRQ
+	select VIOPATH
 	help
 	  iSeries machines support a hypervisor virtual console.
 
diff --git a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
index b7322976d2b7..256c7bec7bd7 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/scsi/Kconfig
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ config SCSI_IBMVSCSI
 	tristate "IBM Virtual SCSI support"
 	depends on PPC_PSERIES || PPC_ISERIES
 	select SCSI_SRP_ATTRS
+	select VIOPATH if PPC_ISERIES
 	help
 	  This is the IBM POWER Virtual SCSI Client