diff --git a/drivers/staging/Makefile b/drivers/staging/Makefile
index 3519e5703d85..dcd47dba0e9a 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/Makefile
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_DX_SEP)            += sep/
 obj-$(CONFIG_IIO)		+= iio/
 obj-$(CONFIG_CS5535_GPIO)	+= cs5535_gpio/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ZRAM)		+= zram/
+obj-$(CONFIG_XVMALLOC)		+= zram/
 obj-$(CONFIG_ZCACHE)		+= zcache/
 obj-$(CONFIG_WLAGS49_H2)	+= wlags49_h2/
 obj-$(CONFIG_WLAGS49_H25)	+= wlags49_h25/
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zcache/Makefile b/drivers/staging/zcache/Makefile
index 7f64de4dff3b..f5ec64f94470 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zcache/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/zcache/Makefile
@@ -1 +1,3 @@
-obj-$(CONFIG_ZCACHE)	+=	zcache.o tmem.o
+zcache-y	:=	tmem.o
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_ZCACHE)	+=	zcache.o
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig b/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig
index 2f3b484ce5a4..3bec4dba3fe5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/Kconfig
@@ -1,6 +1,11 @@
+config XVMALLOC
+	bool
+	default n
+
 config ZRAM
 	tristate "Compressed RAM block device support"
 	depends on BLOCK && SYSFS
+	select XVMALLOC
 	select LZO_COMPRESS
 	select LZO_DECOMPRESS
 	default n
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/Makefile b/drivers/staging/zram/Makefile
index b1709c57f636..2a6d3213a756 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
-zram-y	:=	zram_drv.o zram_sysfs.o xvmalloc.o
+zram-y	:=	zram_drv.o zram_sysfs.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_ZRAM)	+=	zram.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_XVMALLOC)	+=	xvmalloc.o
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c b/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c
index ae0623a65ab9..1f9c5082b6d5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zram/xvmalloc.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #define DEBUG
 #endif
 
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/bitops.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
@@ -315,11 +317,13 @@ struct xv_pool *xv_create_pool(void)
 
 	return pool;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xv_create_pool);
 
 void xv_destroy_pool(struct xv_pool *pool)
 {
 	kfree(pool);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xv_destroy_pool);
 
 /**
  * xv_malloc - Allocate block of given size from pool.
@@ -408,6 +412,7 @@ int xv_malloc(struct xv_pool *pool, u32 size, struct page **page,
 
 	return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xv_malloc);
 
 /*
  * Free block identified with <page, offset>
@@ -484,6 +489,7 @@ void xv_free(struct xv_pool *pool, struct page *page, u32 offset)
 	put_ptr_atomic(page_start, KM_USER0);
 	spin_unlock(&pool->lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xv_free);
 
 u32 xv_get_object_size(void *obj)
 {
@@ -492,6 +498,7 @@ u32 xv_get_object_size(void *obj)
 	blk = (struct block_header *)((char *)(obj) - XV_ALIGN);
 	return blk->size;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xv_get_object_size);
 
 /*
  * Returns total memory used by allocator (userdata + metadata)
@@ -500,3 +507,4 @@ u64 xv_get_total_size_bytes(struct xv_pool *pool)
 {
 	return pool->total_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(xv_get_total_size_bytes);