diff --git a/drivers/base/Makefile b/drivers/base/Makefile
index e32a52490051..f261143fafbf 100644
--- a/drivers/base/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/base/Makefile
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_HAS_DMA)	+= dma-mapping.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_GENERIC_DMA_COHERENT) += dma-coherent.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_ISA_BUS_API)	+= isa.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_FW_LOADER)	+= firmware_class.o
+firmware_class-objs := firmware_loader.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA)	+= node.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTPLUG_SPARSE) += memory.o
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SYSFS),y)
diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_loader.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/base/firmware_class.c
rename to drivers/base/firmware_loader.c