diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index ff2696823f8d3090721d5b067f9fc24ad1f58e7a..63e09c015ca02305e6bb475d3ba8ca78c5677e63 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,9 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA)	+= node.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) += memory.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP)	+= topology.o
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSFS),y)
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES)	+= module.o
+endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_SYS_HYPERVISOR) += hypervisor.o
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DEBUG_DRIVER),y)
diff --git a/drivers/base/base.h b/drivers/base/base.h
index a74ceda34e194175c23c9b1afb4381cc1dd7243d..f7ad65a249cb24265649363ca4c3363097c83759 100644
--- a/drivers/base/base.h
+++ b/drivers/base/base.h
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ extern int devres_release_all(struct device *dev);
 
 extern struct kset *devices_kset;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+#if defined(CONFIG_MODULES) && defined(CONFIG_SYSFS)
 extern void module_add_driver(struct module *mod, struct device_driver *drv);
 extern void module_remove_driver(struct device_driver *drv);
 #else