diff --git a/modules/kexec b/modules/kexec
index 527de7d6..16adbe39 100644
--- a/modules/kexec
+++ b/modules/kexec
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-modules += kexec
+modules-$(CONFIG_KEXEC) += kexec
 
 kexec_version := 2.0.12
 kexec_dir := kexec-tools-$(kexec_version)