diff --git a/soc/nxp/s32/s32k3/Kconfig.defconfig b/soc/nxp/s32/s32k3/Kconfig.defconfig
index 2e3609c5377c8d..768a3b16c7f535 100644
--- a/soc/nxp/s32/s32k3/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/soc/nxp/s32/s32k3/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ config NUM_IRQS
 config FPU
 	default y
 
-if NET_L2_ETHERNET
+if ETH_DRIVER && NET_L2_ETHERNET
 
 config NET_TCP_CHECKSUM
 	default n
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ config NET_TCP_CHECKSUM
 config NET_UDP_CHECKSUM
 	default n
 
-endif # NET_L2_ETHERNET
+endif # ETH_DRIVER && NET_L2_ETHERNET
 
 config CACHE_MANAGEMENT
 	default y
diff --git a/soc/nxp/s32/s32ze/Kconfig.defconfig b/soc/nxp/s32/s32ze/Kconfig.defconfig
index 5373018fb27c9c..7f6269ca06d061 100644
--- a/soc/nxp/s32/s32ze/Kconfig.defconfig
+++ b/soc/nxp/s32/s32ze/Kconfig.defconfig
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ config SYS_CLOCK_HW_CYCLES_PER_SEC
 config MAIN_STACK_SIZE
 	default 1024
 
-if NET_L2_ETHERNET
+if ETH_DRIVER && NET_L2_ETHERNET
 
 # NETC drops TCP/UDP packets with invalid checksum
 config NET_TCP_CHECKSUM
@@ -27,6 +27,6 @@ config NET_TCP_CHECKSUM
 config NET_UDP_CHECKSUM
 	default n
 
-endif # NET_L2_ETHERNET
+endif # ETH_DRIVER && NET_L2_ETHERNET
 
 endif # SOC_SERIES_S32ZE