diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
index ae53d54d7959..248b009c4061 100644
--- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ quiet_cmd_bin2c = BIN2C   $@
 $(obj)/kexec-purgatory.c: $(obj)/purgatory.ro $(obj)/purgatory.chk FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,bin2c)
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_KEXEC_FILE)	+= kexec-purgatory.o
+obj-y += kexec-purgatory.o