1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
index 78093d7f97af..4d72c8f72159 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/powermac/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,10 @@ obj-y				+= pic.o setup.o time.o feature.o pci.o \
 obj-$(CONFIG_PMAC_BACKLIGHT)    += backlight.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PMAC)     += cpufreq_32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_PMAC64)   += cpufreq_64.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NVRAM)             += nvram.o
+# CONFIG_NVRAM is an arch. independant tristate symbol, for pmac32 we really
+# need this to be a bool.  Cheat here and pretend CONFIG_NVRAM=m is really
+# CONFIG_NVRAM=y
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVRAM:m=y)         += nvram.o
 # ppc64 pmac doesn't define CONFIG_NVRAM but needs nvram stuff
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC64)             += nvram.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PPC32)             += bootx_init.o