diff --git a/config/Config-kernel.in b/config/Config-kernel.in
index 64c8c63466..f854276ef6 100644
--- a/config/Config-kernel.in
+++ b/config/Config-kernel.in
@@ -1477,6 +1477,7 @@ config KERNEL_JFFS2_FS_SECURITY
 
 config KERNEL_WERROR
 	bool "Compile the kernel with warnings as errors"
+	depends on !TARGET_ipq95xx_generic
 	help
 	  A kernel build should not cause any compiler warnings, and this
 	  enables the '-Werror' (for C) and '-Dwarnings' (for Rust) flags