diff --git a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
index 324e123335d6..f82f7e69c8a5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/zsmalloc/zsmalloc-main.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ struct zs_pool {
  * so that USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING is defined. This causes zsmalloc to use
  * page table mapping rather than copying for object mapping.
 */
-#if defined(CONFIG_ARM)
+#if defined(CONFIG_ARM) && !defined(MODULE)
 #define USE_PGTABLE_MAPPING
 #endif