diff --git a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
index 85e751675f65..ca752db03201 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/hmem/hmem.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ out_put:
 static int hmem_register_device(struct device *host, int target_nid,
 				const struct resource *res)
 {
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_CXL_REGION) &&
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEV_DAX_CXL) &&
 	    region_intersects(res->start, resource_size(res), IORESOURCE_MEM,
 			      IORES_DESC_CXL) != REGION_DISJOINT) {
 		dev_dbg(host, "deferring range to CXL: %pr\n", res);