diff --git a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile
index 4b5c4349cdc5..78924283ea74 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/batman-adv/Makefile
@@ -19,4 +19,4 @@
 #
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV) += batman-adv.o
-batman-adv-objs := main.o bat_debugfs.o bat_sysfs.o send.o routing.o soft-interface.o icmp_socket.o translation-table.o bitarray.o hash.o ring_buffer.o vis.o hard-interface.o aggregation.o originator.o unicast.o
+batman-adv-y := main.o bat_debugfs.o bat_sysfs.o send.o routing.o soft-interface.o icmp_socket.o translation-table.o bitarray.o hash.o ring_buffer.o vis.o hard-interface.o aggregation.o originator.o unicast.o