diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 3347ec7bd837..da524c4d7b7e 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ config TMPFS_XATTR
 
 config TMPFS_INODE64
 	bool "Use 64-bit ino_t by default in tmpfs"
-	depends on TMPFS && 64BIT && !S390
+	depends on TMPFS && 64BIT && !(S390 || ALPHA)
 	default n
 	help
 	  tmpfs has historically used only inode numbers as wide as an unsigned