diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 4bbc8f094ff0..06ca2381fef1 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ obj-y			:= bootmem.o filemap.o mempool.o oom_kill.o fadvise.o \
 			   maccess.o page_alloc.o page-writeback.o pdflush.o \
 			   readahead.o swap.o truncate.o vmscan.o \
 			   prio_tree.o util.o mmzone.o vmstat.o backing-dev.o \
-			   page_isolation.o $(mmu-y)
+			   page_isolation.o mm_init.o $(mmu-y)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_PAGE_MONITOR) += pagewalk.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_BOUNCE)	+= bounce.o
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL) += shmem_acl.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_TINY_SHMEM) += tiny-shmem.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLOB) += slob.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLAB) += slab.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT) += mm_init.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SLUB) += slub.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG) += memory_hotplug.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FS_XIP) += filemap_xip.o
diff --git a/mm/mm_init.c b/mm/mm_init.c
index ce445ca097e7..eaf0d3b47099 100644
--- a/mm/mm_init.c
+++ b/mm/mm_init.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT
 int __meminitdata mminit_loglevel;
 
 /* The zonelists are simply reported, validation is manual. */
@@ -132,3 +133,4 @@ static __init int set_mminit_loglevel(char *str)
 	return 0;
 }
 early_param("mminit_loglevel", set_mminit_loglevel);
+#endif /* CONFIG_DEBUG_MEMORY_INIT */