diff --git a/include/mbedtls/check_config.h b/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
index 6aa87b8a9..1ccd24edf 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/check_config.h
@@ -207,10 +207,6 @@
 #error "MBEDTLS_ECP_C defined (or a subset enabled), but not all prerequisites"
 #endif
 
-#if defined(MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_C) && !defined(MBEDTLS_ASN1_PARSE_C)
-#error "MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_C defined, but not all prerequisites"
-#endif
-
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_C) && \
     !(defined(MBEDTLS_MD_CAN_SHA512) || defined(MBEDTLS_MD_CAN_SHA256))
 #error "MBEDTLS_ENTROPY_C defined, but not all prerequisites"
@@ -437,7 +433,9 @@
 #endif
 
 #if defined(MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_C) && \
-    (!defined(MBEDTLS_PK_C) || !defined(MBEDTLS_OID_C))
+    (!defined(MBEDTLS_ASN1_PARSE_C) || \
+     !defined(MBEDTLS_OID_C)        || \
+     !defined(MBEDTLS_PK_C))
 #error "MBEDTLS_PK_PARSE_C defined, but not all prerequisites"
 #endif
 
diff --git a/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h b/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h
index edf4a0b30..2cfb4fcab 100644
--- a/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h
+++ b/include/mbedtls/mbedtls_config.h
@@ -3059,7 +3059,7 @@
  * Caller:  library/x509_crt.c
  *          library/x509_csr.c
  *
- * Requires: MBEDTLS_PK_C, MBEDTLS_OID_C
+ * Requires: MBEDTLS_ASN1_PARSE_C, MBEDTLS_OID_C, MBEDTLS_PK_C
  *
  * Uncomment to enable generic public key parse functions.
  */