diff --git a/package/mesa3d/Config.in b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
index dd512d9b76..11d04b7a3f 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/Config.in
+++ b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
@@ -111,6 +111,12 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_ETNAVIV
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER_FREEDRENO
 	bool "Gallium freedreno driver"
+	depends on BR2_arm || BR2_aarch64 || BR2_aarch64_be # libdrm-freedreno
+	# libdrm's freedreno option depends on LIBDRM_HAS_ATOMIC. Propagating
+	# that dependency here causes a circular dependency that Kconfig
+	# can't see is just spurious. However, that dependency is about
+	# the toolchain having sync4 primitives, which is always a given
+	# for arm/aarch64.
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_FREEDRENO
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_GALLIUM_KMSRO