diff --git a/src/main/fc/init.c b/src/main/fc/init.c
index 0cf487cef0..30d0b8e00e 100644
--- a/src/main/fc/init.c
+++ b/src/main/fc/init.c
@@ -443,7 +443,9 @@ void init(void)
             if (bothButtonsHeld) {
                 if (--secondsRemaining == 0) {
                     resetEEPROM();
+#ifdef USE_PERSISTENT_OBJECTS
                     persistentObjectWrite(PERSISTENT_OBJECT_RESET_REASON, RESET_NONE);
+#endif
                     systemReset();
                 }
                 delay(1000);
diff --git a/src/main/target/common_post.h b/src/main/target/common_post.h
index d0b7026a40..67cb1839a2 100644
--- a/src/main/target/common_post.h
+++ b/src/main/target/common_post.h
@@ -254,7 +254,7 @@
 #undef USE_USB_MSC
 #endif
 
-#if (!defined(USE_FLASHFS) || !defined(USE_RTC_TIME) || !defined(USE_USB_MSC))
+#if (!defined(USE_FLASHFS) || !defined(USE_RTC_TIME) || !defined(USE_USB_MSC) || !defined(USE_PERSISTENT_OBJECTS))
 #undef USE_PERSISTENT_MSC_RTC
 #endif
 
diff --git a/src/main/target/common_pre.h b/src/main/target/common_pre.h
index c70f8fa1b8..ae936e64f2 100644
--- a/src/main/target/common_pre.h
+++ b/src/main/target/common_pre.h
@@ -65,6 +65,7 @@
 #define USE_MCO
 #define USE_DMA_SPEC
 #define USE_TIMER_MGMT
+#define USE_PERSISTENT_OBJECTS
 // Re-enable this after 4.0 has been released, and remove the define from STM32F4DISCOVERY
 //#define USE_SPI_TRANSACTION
 
@@ -93,6 +94,7 @@
 #define USE_MCO
 #define USE_DMA_SPEC
 #define USE_TIMER_MGMT
+#define USE_PERSISTENT_OBJECTS
 // Re-enable this after 4.0 has been released, and remove the define from STM32F4DISCOVERY
 //#define USE_SPI_TRANSACTION
 #endif // STM32F7
@@ -106,6 +108,7 @@
 #define USE_USB_CDC_HID
 #define USE_DMA_SPEC
 #define USE_TIMER_MGMT
+#define USE_PERSISTENT_OBJECTS
 #endif
 
 #if defined(STM32F4) || defined(STM32F7) || defined(STM32H7)