diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 3b9b00c68fd8d4d53fad3c710e70c46ffb331896..20db5b3609de54f594b2039abf82d17d27ab1737 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ hostprogs-y	:= mkpiggy
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(srctree)/tools/include
 
 vmlinux-objs-y := $(obj)/vmlinux.lds $(obj)/head_$(BITS).o $(obj)/misc.o \
-	$(obj)/string.o $(obj)/cmdline.o $(obj)/early_serial_console.o \
+	$(obj)/string.o $(obj)/cmdline.o \
 	$(obj)/piggy.o $(obj)/cpuflags.o
 
+vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK) += $(obj)/early_serial_console.o
 vmlinux-objs-$(CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE) += $(obj)/aslr.o
 
 $(obj)/eboot.o: KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fshort-wchar -mno-red-zone
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c
index d3d003cb5481cdcabe0b5c5369bad920838b8d8f..261e81fb95826d0264c8ad3148f6259cc0c3f51d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
 #include "misc.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
-
 int early_serial_base;
 
 #include "../early_serial_console.c"
-
-#endif