diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile b/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
index c47204fc6733315f81676dc06e0ed41042a9423a..99956b79bdf5e3f22209ff507156f12fdb0ee2c0 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/Makefile
@@ -31,8 +31,7 @@ g_midi-objs			:= gmidi.o
 gadgetfs-objs			:= inode.o
 g_file_storage-objs		:= file_storage.o usbstring.o config.o \
 					epautoconf.o
-g_printer-objs			:= printer.o usbstring.o config.o \
-					epautoconf.o
+g_printer-objs			:= printer.o
 g_cdc-objs			:= cdc2.o u_ether.o f_ecm.o \
 					u_serial.o f_acm.o $(C_UTILS)
 
diff --git a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
index 7a8d4a188528e6f3d005c41f2ed74aa62e162ac4..2b3b9e1dd2ee2987c3ee1420802a7544af2597f9 100644
--- a/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
+++ b/drivers/usb/gadget/printer.c
@@ -53,6 +53,20 @@
 
 #include "gadget_chips.h"
 
+
+/*
+ * Kbuild is not very cooperative with respect to linking separately
+ * compiled library objects into one module.  So for now we won't use
+ * separate compilation ... ensuring init/exit sections work to shrink
+ * the runtime footprint, and giving us at least some parts of what
+ * a "gcc --combine ... part1.c part2.c part3.c ... " build would.
+ */
+#include "usbstring.c"
+#include "config.c"
+#include "epautoconf.c"
+
+/*-------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
+
 #define DRIVER_DESC		"Printer Gadget"
 #define DRIVER_VERSION		"2007 OCT 06"