diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/Kconfig b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/Kconfig
index 2b21af8a2b1dd122ad73633c449ff3399f916168..186ebe783f97809a700538aca945fea8cee64f20 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/Kconfig
@@ -3,5 +3,11 @@
 #
 
 config MLXFW
-        tristate "mlxfw" if COMPILE_TEST
+	tristate "Mellanox Technologies firmware flash module"
+	---help---
+	  This driver supports Mellanox Technologies Firmware
+	  flashing common logic.
+
+	  To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
+	  module will be called mlxfw.
 	select XZ_DEC
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw.h
index beea4ba83495f897d7c2b3b7a0c171b5b402fe5d..9ca85383aa35e64b842b7013bcfa3d07efdd9920 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlxfw/mlxfw.h
@@ -96,7 +96,16 @@ struct mlxfw_dev {
 	u16 psid_size;
 };
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_MLXFW)
 int mlxfw_firmware_flash(struct mlxfw_dev *mlxfw_dev,
 			 const struct firmware *firmware);
+#else
+static inline
+int mlxfw_firmware_flash(struct mlxfw_dev *mlxfw_dev,
+			 const struct firmware *firmware)
+{
+	return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+}
+#endif
 
 #endif