diff --git a/fs/Kconfig b/fs/Kconfig
index 5f4c45d4aa10..6ad58a59cf5b 100644
--- a/fs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/Kconfig
@@ -218,6 +218,8 @@ source "fs/exofs/Kconfig"
 
 endif # MISC_FILESYSTEMS
 
+source "fs/exofs/Kconfig.ore"
+
 menuconfig NETWORK_FILESYSTEMS
 	bool "Network File Systems"
 	default y
diff --git a/fs/exofs/Kconfig b/fs/exofs/Kconfig
index da42f32c49be..86194b2f799d 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/Kconfig
+++ b/fs/exofs/Kconfig
@@ -1,14 +1,3 @@
-# Note ORE needs to "select ASYNC_XOR". So Not to force multiple selects
-# for every ORE user we do it like this. Any user should add itself here
-# at the "depends on EXOFS_FS || ..." with an ||. The dependencies are
-# selected here, and we default to "ON". So in effect it is like been
-# selected by any of the users.
-config ORE
-	tristate
-	depends on EXOFS_FS || PNFS_OBJLAYOUT
-	select ASYNC_XOR
-	default SCSI_OSD_ULD
-
 config EXOFS_FS
 	tristate "exofs: OSD based file system support"
 	depends on SCSI_OSD_ULD
diff --git a/fs/exofs/Kconfig.ore b/fs/exofs/Kconfig.ore
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1ca7fb7b6ba8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/fs/exofs/Kconfig.ore
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# ORE - Objects Raid Engine (libore.ko)
+#
+# Note ORE needs to "select ASYNC_XOR". So Not to force multiple selects
+# for every ORE user we do it like this. Any user should add itself here
+# at the "depends on EXOFS_FS || ..." with an ||. The dependencies are
+# selected here, and we default to "ON". So in effect it is like been
+# selected by any of the users.
+config ORE
+	tristate
+	depends on EXOFS_FS || PNFS_OBJLAYOUT
+	select ASYNC_XOR
+	default SCSI_OSD_ULD