diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/Makefile
index 9396dc9fe3c5c475588de3e2adce034eb66b6a42..d288eea0a26a0136bd66b8c8bed4e8a1dd4dd2ee 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/wil6210/Makefile
@@ -9,5 +9,7 @@ wil6210-objs += wmi.o
 wil6210-objs += interrupt.o
 wil6210-objs += txrx.o
 
-subdir-ccflags-y += -Werror
+ifeq (, $(findstring -W,$(EXTRA_CFLAGS)))
+	subdir-ccflags-y += -Werror
+endif
 subdir-ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__