diff --git a/drivers/nvme/Makefile b/drivers/nvme/Makefile
index eedca8c720983cfdd0a8e1b21b36b3688744c940..74f59ceed3d5aed9930b559fbc45c6fec286b4be 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/nvme/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_NVME_COMMON)		+= common/
+obj-y		+= common/
 obj-y		+= host/
 obj-y		+= target/
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/common/Kconfig b/drivers/nvme/common/Kconfig
index 06c8df00d1e21450e180c3edcec170d05d81b0c4..244432e0b73d8e9df71ba8e717ee3315ac3e78eb 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/common/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/nvme/common/Kconfig
@@ -1,14 +1,11 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
-config NVME_COMMON
-       tristate
-
 config NVME_KEYRING
-       bool
+       tristate
        select KEYS
 
 config NVME_AUTH
-	bool
+	tristate
 	select CRYPTO
 	select CRYPTO_HMAC
 	select CRYPTO_SHA256
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/common/Makefile b/drivers/nvme/common/Makefile
index 0cbd0b0b8d499864ae65db2b0406a6b6cfde5ec8..681514cf2e2f50649f690e8b5d9fc135457f58ab 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/common/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/nvme/common/Makefile
@@ -2,7 +2,8 @@
 
 ccflags-y			+= -I$(src)
 
-obj-$(CONFIG_NVME_COMMON)	+= nvme-common.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVME_AUTH)		+= nvme-auth.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NVME_KEYRING)	+= nvme-keyring.o
 
-nvme-common-$(CONFIG_NVME_AUTH)	+= auth.o
-nvme-common-$(CONFIG_NVME_KEYRING) += keyring.o
+nvme-auth-y			+= auth.o
+nvme-keyring-y			+= keyring.o
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/common/keyring.c b/drivers/nvme/common/keyring.c
index f8d9a208397b4d580cac4398b7edb0b22f6fe77d..46d7a537dbc2eace5cde12f414b095c6c64a86d7 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/common/keyring.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/common/keyring.c
@@ -180,3 +180,5 @@ void nvme_keyring_exit(void)
 	key_put(nvme_keyring);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nvme_keyring_exit);
+
+MODULE_LICENSE("GPL v2");
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig b/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig
index 48f7d72de5e9a5d2d2861e6835640d0176736517..8fe2dd619e80eb4b3f45b85e940397e1f2ae6cca 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/Kconfig
@@ -95,7 +95,6 @@ config NVME_TCP
 config NVME_TCP_TLS
 	bool "NVMe over Fabrics TCP TLS encryption support"
 	depends on NVME_TCP
-	select NVME_COMMON
 	select NVME_KEYRING
 	select NET_HANDSHAKE
 	select KEYS
@@ -110,7 +109,6 @@ config NVME_TCP_TLS
 config NVME_HOST_AUTH
 	bool "NVM Express over Fabrics In-Band Authentication"
 	depends on NVME_CORE
-	select NVME_COMMON
 	select NVME_AUTH
 	help
 	  This provides support for NVMe over Fabrics In-Band Authentication.
diff --git a/drivers/nvme/target/Kconfig b/drivers/nvme/target/Kconfig
index fa479c9f5c3d3237939ac01a2aa65128abdc0599..31633da9427c7f54958ecb0eb514f3df20600cb3 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/target/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/nvme/target/Kconfig
@@ -87,7 +87,6 @@ config NVME_TARGET_TCP
 config NVME_TARGET_TCP_TLS
 	bool "NVMe over Fabrics TCP target TLS encryption support"
 	depends on NVME_TARGET_TCP
-	select NVME_COMMON
 	select NVME_KEYRING
 	select NET_HANDSHAKE
 	select KEYS
@@ -102,7 +101,6 @@ config NVME_TARGET_TCP_TLS
 config NVME_TARGET_AUTH
 	bool "NVMe over Fabrics In-band Authentication support"
 	depends on NVME_TARGET
-	select NVME_COMMON
 	select NVME_AUTH
 	help
 	  This enables support for NVMe over Fabrics In-band Authentication
diff --git a/include/linux/nvme-keyring.h b/include/linux/nvme-keyring.h
index 4efea9dd967c1bd7c58e7d84d073784159936bdb..6cc0696625f36181fb1d9a271a67cb2f9cdb6376 100644
--- a/include/linux/nvme-keyring.h
+++ b/include/linux/nvme-keyring.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 #ifndef _NVME_KEYRING_H
 #define _NVME_KEYRING_H
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NVME_KEYRING
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NVME_KEYRING)
 
 key_serial_t nvme_tls_psk_default(struct key *keyring,
 		const char *hostnqn, const char *subnqn);