diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
index 9bbf8a4b2108..404647cd3fac 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig
+++ b/lib/Kconfig
@@ -529,8 +529,8 @@ config CPUMASK_OFFSTACK
 	  stack overflow.
 
 config FORCE_NR_CPUS
-       bool "NR_CPUS is set to an actual number of CPUs"
-       depends on SMP
+       bool "Set number of CPUs at compile time"
+       depends on SMP && EXPERT && !COMPILE_TEST
        help
          Say Yes if you have NR_CPUS set to an actual number of possible
          CPUs in your system, not to a default value. This forces the core