diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
index f1cf503517fd..1cb4b1ba59ec 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Kconfig
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ config MTD_NAND_OMAP2
 
 config MTD_NAND_OMAP_BCH
 	depends on MTD_NAND_OMAP2
-	tristate "Support hardware based BCH error correction"
+	bool "Support hardware based BCH error correction"
 	default n
 	select BCH
 	help
@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ config MTD_NAND_OMAP_BCH
 	  legacy OMAP families like OMAP2xxx, OMAP3xxx do not have ELM engine
 	  so they should not enable this config symbol.
 
+config MTD_NAND_OMAP_BCH_BUILD
+	def_tristate MTD_NAND_OMAP2 && MTD_NAND_OMAP_BCH
+
 config MTD_NAND_IDS
 	tristate
 
diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile b/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
index b3237b742eb5..9c847e469ca7 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/Makefile
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_NDFC)		+= ndfc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_ATMEL)		+= atmel_nand.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_GPIO)		+= gpio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_OMAP2) 		+= omap2.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_OMAP_BCH)		+= omap_elm.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_OMAP_BCH_BUILD)	+= omap_elm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_CM_X270)		+= cmx270_nand.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_PXA3xx)		+= pxa3xx_nand.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MTD_NAND_TMIO)		+= tmio_nand.o