diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig
index 6842b74b0696b7e521da99eb3332fe7a4b814e05..482c58c4c5844ac9b982e3591c94f615db70a6ae 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ if NET_VENDOR_ATHEROS
 config AG71XX
 	tristate "Atheros AR7XXX/AR9XXX built-in ethernet mac support"
 	depends on ATH79
-	select NET_SELFTESTS
 	select PHYLINK
+	imply NET_SELFTESTS
 	help
 	  If you wish to compile a kernel for AR7XXX/91XXX and enable
 	  ethernet support, then you should always answer Y to this.
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/Kconfig
index 3d937b4650b2dee70aaa2da68d82c987ac1ee2eb..2d1abdd58fab6faebd78fd174d3b124dd5599793 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/freescale/Kconfig
@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ config FEC
 		   ARCH_MXC || SOC_IMX28 || COMPILE_TEST)
 	default ARCH_MXC || SOC_IMX28 if ARM
 	select CRC32
-	select NET_SELFTESTS
 	select PHYLIB
+	imply NET_SELFTESTS
 	imply PTP_1588_CLOCK
 	help
 	  Say Y here if you want to use the built-in 10/100 Fast ethernet
diff --git a/include/net/selftests.h b/include/net/selftests.h
index 9993b9498cf3f7fa5a2f530bfa270021c144e05c..e65e8d230d33c2410f58c06b2907097f4a8621d9 100644
--- a/include/net/selftests.h
+++ b/include/net/selftests.h
@@ -4,9 +4,28 @@
 
 #include <linux/ethtool.h>
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_SELFTESTS)
+
 void net_selftest(struct net_device *ndev, struct ethtool_test *etest,
 		  u64 *buf);
 int net_selftest_get_count(void);
 void net_selftest_get_strings(u8 *data);
 
+#else
+
+static inline void net_selftest(struct net_device *ndev, struct ethtool_test *etest,
+				u64 *buf)
+{
+}
+
+static inline int net_selftest_get_count(void)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static inline void net_selftest_get_strings(u8 *data)
+{
+}
+
+#endif
 #endif /* _NET_SELFTESTS */
diff --git a/net/Kconfig b/net/Kconfig
index 8d955195c06926255fbcc3d612a5d4833bcec690..f5ee7c65e6b4b905970ae91c7ab8e06eeb9878fc 100644
--- a/net/Kconfig
+++ b/net/Kconfig
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ config SOCK_VALIDATE_XMIT
 
 config NET_SELFTESTS
 	def_tristate PHYLIB
-	depends on PHYLIB
+	depends on PHYLIB && INET
 
 config NET_SOCK_MSG
 	bool
diff --git a/net/core/Makefile b/net/core/Makefile
index 1a6168d8f23b1e01df95dac436551e97389104c9..f7f16650fe9ef22f509852fb77d9cade12e5ddfb 100644
--- a/net/core/Makefile
+++ b/net/core/Makefile
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NETPOLL) += netpoll.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FIB_RULES) += fib_rules.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TRACEPOINTS) += net-traces.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DROP_MONITOR) += drop_monitor.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SELFTESTS) += selftests.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING) += timestamping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_PTP_CLASSIFY) += ptp_classifier.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_PRIO) += netprio_cgroup.o
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NET_DEVLINK) += devlink.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GRO_CELLS) += gro_cells.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FAILOVER) += failover.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_INET),y)
-obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SELFTESTS) += selftests.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NET_SOCK_MSG) += skmsg.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BPF_SYSCALL) += sock_map.o
 endif
diff --git a/net/dsa/Kconfig b/net/dsa/Kconfig
index 5baba702142764eaabf8c8cad785d53ea8e5855a..00bb89b2d86fca4af728c6412e2da55d7bf16543 100644
--- a/net/dsa/Kconfig
+++ b/net/dsa/Kconfig
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ menuconfig NET_DSA
 	select NET_SWITCHDEV
 	select PHYLINK
 	select NET_DEVLINK
-	select NET_SELFTESTS
+	imply NET_SELFTESTS
 	help
 	  Say Y if you want to enable support for the hardware switches supported
 	  by the Distributed Switch Architecture.