diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index cf98fabaa549..fea8f9035f07 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_GENERIC_SPINLOCK) += rwsem-spinlock.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_RWSEM_XCHGADD_ALGORITHM) += rwsem.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_SEMAPHORE_SLEEPERS) += semaphore-sleepers.o
 lib-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_FIND_NEXT_BIT) += find_next_bit.o
-lib-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT) += hweight.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_HWEIGHT) += hweight.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LOCK_KERNEL) += kernel_lock.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PLIST) += plist.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT) += smp_processor_id.o