diff --git a/drivers/serial/Kconfig b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
index db783b77a88..c94d3c4b752 100644
--- a/drivers/serial/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/serial/Kconfig
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@ config SERIAL_SAMSUNG
 
 config SERIAL_SAMSUNG_DEBUG
 	bool "Samsung SoC serial debug"
-	depends on SERIAL_SAMSUNG
+	depends on SERIAL_SAMSUNG && DEBUG_LL
 	help
 	  Add support for debugging the serial driver. Since this is
 	  generally being used as a console, we use our own output