diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/Kconfig
index b5c6d42daa1208dab6771d0b7578f7cdb24bde02..2664827ddecd969b3e61886c16e7059c74dbf46f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/marvell/Kconfig
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ config MVNETA
 
 config MVNETA_BM
 	tristate
-	default y if MVNETA=y && MVNETA_BM_ENABLE
+	default y if MVNETA=y && MVNETA_BM_ENABLE!=n
 	default MVNETA_BM_ENABLE
 	select HWBM
 	help