diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/Makefile b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/Makefile
index 4c1d2e7a1176..efb0c4c2e310 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # mpt3sas makefile
-obj-m += mpt3sas.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_SCSI_MPT3SAS) += mpt3sas.o
 mpt3sas-y +=  mpt3sas_base.o     \
 		mpt3sas_config.o \
 		mpt3sas_scsih.o      \