diff --git a/net/ieee802154/Makefile b/net/ieee802154/Makefile
index e6ddfcd73510..88bde78754c5 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/Makefile
+++ b/net/ieee802154/Makefile
@@ -5,6 +5,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_IEEE802154_6LOWPAN) += ieee802154_6lowpan.o
 ieee802154_6lowpan-y := 6lowpan_rtnl.o reassembly.o
 ieee802154-y := netlink.o nl-mac.o nl-phy.o nl_policy.o core.o \
                 header_ops.o sysfs.o nl802154.o
-ieee802154_socket-y := af_ieee802154.o
+ieee802154_socket-y := socket.o
 
 ccflags-y += -D__CHECK_ENDIAN__
diff --git a/net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c b/net/ieee802154/socket.c
similarity index 100%
rename from net/ieee802154/af_ieee802154.c
rename to net/ieee802154/socket.c