diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/Makefile
index e3fc4645cd8a753ed58f32f95e4a69b823eb90eb..bc99375020431c2722f39d4a351341d934e5214b 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/liquidio/Makefile
@@ -2,42 +2,23 @@
 #
 # Cavium Liquidio ethernet device driver
 #
-obj-$(CONFIG_LIQUIDIO) += liquidio.o
 
-liquidio-$(CONFIG_LIQUIDIO) += lio_ethtool.o \
-			lio_core.o         \
-			request_manager.o  \
-			response_manager.o \
-			octeon_device.o    \
-			cn66xx_device.o    \
-			cn68xx_device.o    \
-			cn23xx_pf_device.o \
-			cn23xx_vf_device.o \
-			octeon_mailbox.o   \
-			octeon_mem_ops.o   \
-			octeon_droq.o      \
-			octeon_nic.o
+common-objs :=	lio_ethtool.o		\
+		lio_core.o		\
+		request_manager.o	\
+		response_manager.o	\
+		octeon_device.o		\
+		cn66xx_device.o		\
+		cn68xx_device.o		\
+		cn23xx_pf_device.o	\
+		cn23xx_vf_device.o	\
+		octeon_mailbox.o	\
+		octeon_mem_ops.o	\
+		octeon_droq.o		\
+		octeon_nic.o
 
-liquidio-objs := lio_main.o octeon_console.o lio_vf_rep.o $(liquidio-y)
+obj-$(CONFIG_LIQUIDIO) += liquidio.o
+liquidio-y := lio_main.o octeon_console.o lio_vf_rep.o $(common-objs)
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_LIQUIDIO_VF) += liquidio_vf.o
-
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIQUIDIO)$(CONFIG_LIQUIDIO_VF), yy)
-	liquidio_vf-objs := lio_vf_main.o
-else
-liquidio_vf-$(CONFIG_LIQUIDIO_VF) += lio_ethtool.o \
-			lio_core.o         \
-			request_manager.o  \
-			response_manager.o \
-			octeon_device.o    \
-			cn66xx_device.o    \
-			cn68xx_device.o    \
-			cn23xx_pf_device.o \
-			cn23xx_vf_device.o \
-			octeon_mailbox.o   \
-			octeon_mem_ops.o   \
-			octeon_droq.o      \
-			octeon_nic.o
-
-liquidio_vf-objs := lio_vf_main.o $(liquidio_vf-y)
-endif
+liquidio_vf-y := lio_vf_main.o $(common-objs)