diff --git a/lib/codetag.c b/lib/codetag.c
index 5ace625f2328..afa8a2d4f317 100644
--- a/lib/codetag.c
+++ b/lib/codetag.c
@@ -125,7 +125,6 @@ static inline size_t range_size(const struct codetag_type *cttype,
 			cttype->desc.tag_size;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 static void *get_symbol(struct module *mod, const char *prefix, const char *name)
 {
 	DECLARE_SEQ_BUF(sb, KSYM_NAME_LEN);
@@ -155,6 +154,15 @@ static struct codetag_range get_section_range(struct module *mod,
 	};
 }
 
+static const char *get_mod_name(__maybe_unused struct module *mod)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+	if (mod)
+		return mod->name;
+#endif
+	return "(built-in)";
+}
+
 static int codetag_module_init(struct codetag_type *cttype, struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct codetag_range range;
@@ -164,8 +172,7 @@ static int codetag_module_init(struct codetag_type *cttype, struct module *mod)
 	range = get_section_range(mod, cttype->desc.section);
 	if (!range.start || !range.stop) {
 		pr_warn("Failed to load code tags of type %s from the module %s\n",
-			cttype->desc.section,
-			mod ? mod->name : "(built-in)");
+			cttype->desc.section, get_mod_name(mod));
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
@@ -199,6 +206,7 @@ static int codetag_module_init(struct codetag_type *cttype, struct module *mod)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
 void codetag_load_module(struct module *mod)
 {
 	struct codetag_type *cttype;
@@ -248,9 +256,6 @@ bool codetag_unload_module(struct module *mod)
 
 	return unload_ok;
 }
-
-#else /* CONFIG_MODULES */
-static int codetag_module_init(struct codetag_type *cttype, struct module *mod) { return 0; }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES */
 
 struct codetag_type *