diff --git a/drivers/spi/Makefile b/drivers/spi/Makefile
index 889368f4ad53..840a5a1c655e 100644
--- a/drivers/spi/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/spi/Makefile
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_COLDFIRE_QSPI)		+= spi-coldfire-qspi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_DAVINCI)		+= spi-davinci.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_DLN2)			+= spi-dln2.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_DESIGNWARE)		+= spi-dw.o
+spi-dw-y				:= spi-dw-core.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_DW_MMIO)		+= spi-dw-mmio.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPI_DW_PCI)		+= spi-dw-midpci.o
 spi-dw-midpci-objs			:= spi-dw-pci.o spi-dw-mid.o
diff --git a/drivers/spi/spi-dw.c b/drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/spi/spi-dw.c
rename to drivers/spi/spi-dw-core.c