diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/Makefile b/drivers/nvme/host/Makefile
index a3e88f32f560b4637d10c69a0c98ec937a0626a2..e27202d22c7d9eb05c509064f0c23656e300ec9d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/Makefile
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_NVME_FC)			+= nvme-fc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NVME_TCP)			+= nvme-tcp.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NVME_APPLE)		+= nvme-apple.o
 
-nvme-core-y				:= core.o ioctl.o constants.o
+nvme-core-y				+= core.o ioctl.o
+nvme-core-$(CONFIG_NVME_VERBOSE_ERRORS)	+= constants.o
 nvme-core-$(CONFIG_TRACING)		+= trace.o
 nvme-core-$(CONFIG_NVME_MULTIPATH)	+= multipath.o
 nvme-core-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ZONED)	+= zns.o
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/constants.c b/drivers/nvme/host/constants.c
index 4910543f00ff969515e10c2c8d5d1af378804d1d..6973c2a17c13d2a40505d72d05152a17d005b7e8 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/constants.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/constants.c
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@
 
 #include "nvme.h"
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_VERBOSE_ERRORS
 static const char * const nvme_ops[] = {
 	[nvme_cmd_flush] = "Flush",
 	[nvme_cmd_write] = "Write",
@@ -185,4 +184,3 @@ const unsigned char *nvme_get_admin_opcode_str(u8 opcode)
 		return nvme_admin_ops[opcode];
 	return "Unknown";
 }
-#endif /* CONFIG_NVME_VERBOSE_ERRORS */