diff --git a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
index bd380b94fd08..920ede2829d6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
+++ b/drivers/block/drbd/drbd_main.c
@@ -4365,12 +4365,11 @@ const char *drbd_buildtag(void)
 	static char buildtag[38] = "\0uilt-in";
 
 	if (buildtag[0] == 0) {
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
-		if (THIS_MODULE != NULL)
-			sprintf(buildtag, "srcversion: %-24s", THIS_MODULE->srcversion);
-		else
+#ifdef MODULE
+		sprintf(buildtag, "srcversion: %-24s", THIS_MODULE->srcversion);
+#else
+		buildtag[0] = 'b';
 #endif
-			buildtag[0] = 'b';
 	}
 
 	return buildtag;