diff --git a/drivers/misc/cxl/Makefile b/drivers/misc/cxl/Makefile
index ab6f392d35041..be2ac5ce349f0 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/cxl/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/misc/cxl/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-ccflags-y := -Werror $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
+ccflags-y			:= $(call cc-disable-warning, unused-const-variable)
+ccflags-$(CONFIG_PPC_WERROR)	+= -Werror
 
 cxl-y				+= main.o file.o irq.o fault.o native.o
 cxl-y				+= context.o sysfs.o debugfs.o pci.o trace.o