diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/Makefile
index 0bdf06bc5c4980c2e5a1a165686b85c57fdf5c0e..5fd5d04c26c9a850543d966655b6b32956293a3b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/Makefile
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IXGBE) += ixgbe.o
 
 ixgbe-objs := ixgbe_main.o ixgbe_common.o ixgbe_ethtool.o \
               ixgbe_82599.o ixgbe_82598.o ixgbe_phy.o ixgbe_sriov.o \
-              ixgbe_mbx.o ixgbe_x540.o ixgbe_sysfs.o ixgbe_lib.o
+              ixgbe_mbx.o ixgbe_x540.o ixgbe_lib.o
 
 ixgbe-$(CONFIG_IXGBE_DCB) +=  ixgbe_dcb.o ixgbe_dcb_82598.o \
                               ixgbe_dcb_82599.o ixgbe_dcb_nl.o
 
 ixgbe-$(CONFIG_IXGBE_PTP) += ixgbe_ptp.o
-
+ixgbe-$(CONFIG_IXGBE_HWMON) += ixgbe_sysfs.o
 ixgbe-$(CONFIG_FCOE:m=y) += ixgbe_fcoe.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sysfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sysfs.c
index 1d80b1cefa6a8bd458f051332920e2d7b29675cf..2334fce47018ff1d48d29677e3e0e19db66a3dc1 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sysfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/intel/ixgbe/ixgbe_sysfs.c
@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@
 #include <linux/netdevice.h>
 #include <linux/hwmon.h>
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_IXGBE_HWMON
 /* hwmon callback functions */
 static ssize_t ixgbe_hwmon_show_location(struct device *dev,
 					 struct device_attribute *attr,
@@ -241,5 +240,4 @@ int ixgbe_sysfs_init(struct ixgbe_adapter *adapter)
 exit:
 	return rc;
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_IXGBE_HWMON */