diff --git a/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/Kconfig b/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/Kconfig
index d656b67884..e7f25ab1e7 100644
--- a/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/Kconfig
+++ b/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/Kconfig
@@ -4,3 +4,9 @@
 config SUPERIO_WINBOND_W83977TF
 	bool
 	select SUPERIO_WINBOND_COMMON_PRE_RAM
+
+config W83977TF_HAVE_SEPARATE_IR_DEVICE
+	bool
+	help
+	  Mainboard should select this option if it contains an old
+	  version of W83977TF with a separate IR logical device.
diff --git a/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/superio.c b/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/superio.c
index b56bb9c325..04b26e0f60 100644
--- a/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/superio.c
+++ b/src/superio/winbond/w83977tf/superio.c
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ static struct pnp_info pnp_dev_info[] = {
 	{ NULL, W83977TF_SP2,  PNP_IO0 | PNP_IRQ0, 0x07f8, },
 	{ NULL, W83977TF_KBC,  PNP_IO0 | PNP_IO1 | PNP_IRQ0 | PNP_IRQ1,
 		0x07ff, 0x07ff, },
+#if CONFIG(W83977TF_HAVE_SEPARATE_IR_DEVICE)
 	{ NULL, W83977TF_CIR,  PNP_IO0 | PNP_IRQ0, 0x07f8, },
+#endif
 	{ NULL, W83977TF_GAME_MIDI_GPIO1, PNP_IO0 | PNP_IO1 | PNP_IRQ0,
 		0x07ff, 0x07fe, },
 	{ NULL, W83977TF_ACPI, PNP_IRQ0, },