diff --git a/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in b/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in
index 2a2f2a49..2bc2e951 100644
--- a/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in
+++ b/board/common/qemu/Config.in.in
@@ -106,6 +106,8 @@ config QEMU_DTB_EXTEND
 	depends on QEMU_LOADER_UBOOT
 	default y if QEMU_aarch64
 
+if QEMU_ROOTFS_INITRD
+
 config QEMU_RW
 	string "Writable /cfg layer"
 	depends on QEMU_ROOTFS_INITRD
@@ -123,6 +125,8 @@ config QEMU_RW_VAR
 	default "var.ext4"
 endif
 
+endif
+
 config QEMU_VPD
 	bool "Emulate a Vital Product Data (VPD) Memory"