diff --git a/mm/Kconfig b/mm/Kconfig
index 0ceb8a5..1d1ae6b 100644
--- a/mm/Kconfig
+++ b/mm/Kconfig
@@ -231,11 +231,16 @@
 	boolean
 
 #
+# support for memory balloon
+config MEMORY_BALLOON
+	boolean
+
+#
 # support for memory balloon compaction
 config BALLOON_COMPACTION
 	bool "Allow for balloon memory compaction/migration"
 	def_bool y
-	depends on COMPACTION && VIRTIO_BALLOON
+	depends on COMPACTION && MEMORY_BALLOON
 	help
 	  Memory fragmentation introduced by ballooning might reduce
 	  significantly the number of 2MB contiguous memory blocks that can be