diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
index 85f8bf4112c1..5df47486e358 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Kconfig
@@ -25,29 +25,6 @@ menuconfig WLAN_PRE80211
 	  This option does not affect the kernel build, it only
 	  lets you choose drivers.
 
-config STRIP
-	tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
-	depends on INET && WLAN_PRE80211
-	select WIRELESS_EXT
-	---help---
-	  Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
-	  IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
-	  to send Internet traffic using Metricom radios.  Metricom radios are
-	  small, battery powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about
-	  the size and weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard
-	  them called "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because
-	  it misleads many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom
-	  modem into a phone line and use it as a modem.)
-
-	  You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
-	  it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
-	  think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
-	  in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
-	  bigger.
-
-	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
-	  called strip.
-
 config ARLAN
 	tristate "Aironet Arlan 655 & IC2200 DS support"
 	depends on ISA && !64BIT && WLAN_PRE80211
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile
index 7a4647e78fd3..527c272aa1af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 obj-$(CONFIG_IPW2100) += ipw2x00/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IPW2200) += ipw2x00/
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_STRIP) += strip.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ARLAN) += arlan.o 
 
 arlan-objs := arlan-main.o arlan-proc.o
diff --git a/drivers/staging/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
index 9a4dd5992f65..7ddc5c8d8956 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/Kconfig
@@ -131,5 +131,7 @@ source "drivers/staging/iio/Kconfig"
 
 source "drivers/staging/cowloop/Kconfig"
 
+source "drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig"
+
 endif # !STAGING_EXCLUDE_BUILD
 endif # STAGING
diff --git a/drivers/staging/Makefile b/drivers/staging/Makefile
index 104f2f8897ec..4386a620e9b2 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/Makefile
@@ -47,3 +47,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_RAR_REGISTER)	+= rar/
 obj-$(CONFIG_DX_SEP)		+= sep/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IIO)		+= iio/
 obj-$(CONFIG_COWLOOP)		+= cowloop/
+obj-$(CONFIG_STRIP)		+= strip/
diff --git a/drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..36257b5cd6e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/strip/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+config STRIP
+	tristate "STRIP (Metricom starmode radio IP)"
+	depends on INET
+	select WIRELESS_EXT
+	---help---
+	  Say Y if you have a Metricom radio and intend to use Starmode Radio
+	  IP. STRIP is a radio protocol developed for the MosquitoNet project
+	  to send Internet traffic using Metricom radios.  Metricom radios are
+	  small, battery powered, 100kbit/sec packet radio transceivers, about
+	  the size and weight of a cellular telephone. (You may also have heard
+	  them called "Metricom modems" but we avoid the term "modem" because
+	  it misleads many people into thinking that you can plug a Metricom
+	  modem into a phone line and use it as a modem.)
+
+	  You can use STRIP on any Linux machine with a serial port, although
+	  it is obviously most useful for people with laptop computers. If you
+	  think you might get a Metricom radio in the future, there is no harm
+	  in saying Y to STRIP now, except that it makes the kernel a bit
+	  bigger.
+
+	  To compile this as a module, choose M here: the module will be
+	  called strip.
diff --git a/drivers/staging/strip/Makefile b/drivers/staging/strip/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6417bdcac2fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/staging/strip/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+obj-$(CONFIG_STRIP) += strip.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/strip.c b/drivers/staging/strip/strip.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/net/wireless/strip.c
rename to drivers/staging/strip/strip.c