diff --git a/package/libblockdev/Config.in b/package/libblockdev/Config.in
index 7494b0f6b7..62ecaa1ac2 100644
--- a/package/libblockdev/Config.in
+++ b/package/libblockdev/Config.in
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLOCKDEV_MDRAID
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLOCKDEV_NVME
 	bool "nvme"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # libnvme
 	select BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNVME
 
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBBLOCKDEV_PART
diff --git a/package/libnvme/Config.in b/package/libnvme/Config.in
index f298046563..bf169f4a90 100644
--- a/package/libnvme/Config.in
+++ b/package/libnvme/Config.in
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 config BR2_PACKAGE_LIBNVME
 	bool "libnvme"
+	depends on BR2_USE_MMU # malloc_usable_size()
 	help
 	  libnvme provides type definitions for NVMe specification
 	  and utilities for nvme devices handling in Linux.
diff --git a/package/libnvme/libnvme.hash b/package/libnvme/libnvme.hash
index 469006d632..99c633882a 100644
--- a/package/libnvme/libnvme.hash
+++ b/package/libnvme/libnvme.hash
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 # Locally calculated sha256 checksums
-sha256  d59939a280eec41eb7a716e1681d0d0c612099385204ffb55d07134a6be08d75  libnvme-1.8.tar.gz
+sha256  455867060d2b7563eab59fe21779dff469d98465028997178c7efbe4b8763206  libnvme-1.9.tar.gz
 sha256  dc626520dcd53a22f727af3ee42c770e56c97a64fe3adb063799d8ab032fe551  COPYING
diff --git a/package/libnvme/libnvme.mk b/package/libnvme/libnvme.mk
index bf131d2a38..da8707db7d 100644
--- a/package/libnvme/libnvme.mk
+++ b/package/libnvme/libnvme.mk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #
 ################################################################################
 
-LIBNVME_VERSION = 1.8
+LIBNVME_VERSION = 1.9
 LIBNVME_SITE = $(call github,linux-nvme,libnvme,v$(LIBNVME_VERSION))
 LIBNVME_LICENSE = LGPL-2.1
 LIBNVME_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING