diff --git a/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in b/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in
index 0d49ca1b..628b1001 100644
--- a/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in
+++ b/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ config QEMU_HOST
 
 config QEMU_APPEND
 	string "Extra kernel options"
-	depends on !QEMU_ROOTFS_MMC
+	depends on QEMU_LOADER_KERNEL
 
 config QEMU_EXTRA
 	string "Extra QEMU options"