diff --git a/include/linux/kmod.h b/include/linux/kmod.h
index 9bdb28d6660..0509c4ce485 100644
--- a/include/linux/kmod.h
+++ b/include/linux/kmod.h
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 
 #define KMOD_PATH_LEN 256
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 /* modprobe exit status on success, -ve on error.  Return value
  * usually useless though. */
 extern int request_module(const char * name, ...) __attribute__ ((format (printf, 1, 2)));
diff --git a/kernel/exec_domain.c b/kernel/exec_domain.c
index a9e6bad9f70..c1ef192aa65 100644
--- a/kernel/exec_domain.c
+++ b/kernel/exec_domain.c
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ lookup_exec_domain(u_long personality)
 				goto out;
 	}
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 	read_unlock(&exec_domains_lock);
 	request_module("personality-%ld", pers);
 	read_lock(&exec_domains_lock);
diff --git a/kernel/kmod.c b/kernel/kmod.c
index 8df97d3dfda..90d7af1c165 100644
--- a/kernel/kmod.c
+++ b/kernel/kmod.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ extern int max_threads;
 
 static struct workqueue_struct *khelper_wq;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 
 /*
 	modprobe_path is set via /proc/sys.
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 6b16e16428d..b859e6b5a76 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ static int min_percpu_pagelist_fract = 8;
 
 static int ngroups_max = NGROUPS_MAX;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 extern char modprobe_path[];
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_CHR_DEV_SG
@@ -475,7 +475,7 @@ static struct ctl_table kern_table[] = {
 		.proc_handler	= &ftrace_enable_sysctl,
 	},
 #endif
-#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 	{
 		.ctl_name	= KERN_MODPROBE,
 		.procname	= "modprobe",