diff --git a/package/mesa3d/Config.in b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
index 5b9fbc64cc..ebfc422bf2 100644
--- a/package/mesa3d/Config.in
+++ b/package/mesa3d/Config.in
@@ -372,7 +372,11 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER_NOUVEAU
 config BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER_RADEON
 	bool "DRI radeon r100 driver"
 	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
-	depends on BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_HAS_ATOMIC
+	# libdrm's radeon option depends on LIBDRM_HAS_ATOMIC. Propagating
+	# that dependency here causes a circular dependency that Kconfig
+	# can't see is just spurious. However, that dependency is about
+	# the toolchain having sync4 primitives, which is always a given
+	# for i386 and x86_64.
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_MESA3D_DRI_DRIVER
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBDRM_RADEON
 	help