diff --git a/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure b/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure
index dbfe06e67499..e94eba4b11f9 100755
--- a/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure
+++ b/build/moz.configure/toolchain.configure
@@ -1416,8 +1416,8 @@ add_old_configure_assignment('MOZ_LTO_LDFLAGS', lto.ldflags)
 js_option('--enable-address-sanitizer', help='Enable Address Sanitizer')
 
 
-@depends_if('--enable-address-sanitizer')
-def asan(value):
+@depends_if('--enable-address-sanitizer', '--help')
+def asan(value, _):
     return True