diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 6e848b24422684a50a701f40967481f5a574e854..7b4a325af65aa252b081b4cfa252a1cd985ed69b 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -5170,7 +5170,7 @@ DELL WMI NOTIFICATIONS DRIVER
 M:	Matthew Garrett <mjg59@srcf.ucam.org>
 M:	Pali Rohár <pali@kernel.org>
 S:	Maintained
-F:	drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi.c
+F:	drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c
 
 DELTA ST MEDIA DRIVER
 M:	Hugues Fruchet <hugues.fruchet@foss.st.com>
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Makefile b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Makefile
index d720a3e42ae3088526874815141a4bc1e7745dc0..cc45410040cbe336a89803ba23d1e50aa9504784 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/Makefile
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ dell-smbios-$(CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_WMI)	+= dell-smbios-wmi.o
 dell-smbios-$(CONFIG_DELL_SMBIOS_SMM)	+= dell-smbios-smm.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_SMO8800)		+= dell-smo8800.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_WMI)			+= dell-wmi.o
+dell-wmi-objs				:= dell-wmi-base.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_WMI_AIO)		+= dell-wmi-aio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_WMI_DESCRIPTOR)	+= dell-wmi-descriptor.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DELL_WMI_LED)		+= dell-wmi-led.o
diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi.c b/drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi.c
rename to drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-base.c