diff --git a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
index f322290ee516..ee442ecb11cd 100644
--- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
+++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/mtd/mtd.yaml
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ maintainers:
   - Miquel Raynal <miquel.raynal@bootlin.com>
   - Richard Weinberger <richard@nod.at>
 
+select: false
+
 properties:
   $nodename:
     pattern: "^(flash|.*sram|nand)(@.*)?$"