diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Makefile b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Makefile
index 2589f4acd5ae..9c81301d0eed 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/sun4i/Makefile
@@ -32,7 +32,10 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I)		+= sun4i-tcon.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I)		+= sun4i_tv.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I)		+= sun6i_drc.o
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I_BACKEND)	+= sun4i-backend.o sun4i-frontend.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I_BACKEND)	+= sun4i-backend.o
+ifdef CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I_BACKEND
+obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I)		+= sun4i-frontend.o
+endif
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN4I_HDMI)	+= sun4i-drm-hdmi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN6I_DSI)	+= sun6i-dsi.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DRM_SUN8I_DW_HDMI)	+= sun8i-drm-hdmi.o