diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
index 9b1adb176ea8..a3f83e2c8250 100644
--- a/init/Kconfig
+++ b/init/Kconfig
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ config SHMEM
 
 config SLAB
 	default y
-	bool "Use full SLAB allocator" if EMBEDDED
+	bool "Use full SLAB allocator" if (EMBEDDED && !SMP && !SPARSEMEM)
 	help
 	  Disabling this replaces the advanced SLAB allocator and
 	  kmalloc support with the drastically simpler SLOB allocator.