diff --git a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile
index 654c4d2b972..e9817b5a614 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile
@@ -18,5 +18,5 @@
 # 02110-1301, USA
 #
 
-obj-m += batman-adv.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV) += batman-adv.o
 batman-adv-objs := main.o bat_debugfs.o bat_sysfs.o send.o routing.o soft-interface.o icmp_socket.o translation-table.o bitarray.o hash.o ring_buffer.o vis.o hard-interface.o aggregation.o originator.o