diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 3c13240dfc9f..87866b037fbe 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -116,7 +116,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SHADOW_CALL_STACK) += scs.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL) += static_call.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_HAVE_STATIC_CALL_INLINE) += static_call_inline.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CFI_CLANG) += cfi.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += numa.o
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS) += events/
 
diff --git a/mm/Makefile b/mm/Makefile
index 24b918260c7f..31fad7df64ad 100644
--- a/mm/Makefile
+++ b/mm/Makefile
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_ZSMALLOC)	+= zsmalloc.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_Z3FOLD)	+= z3fold.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_EARLY_IOREMAP) += early_ioremap.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CMA)	+= cma.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_NUMA) += numa.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MEMORY_BALLOON) += balloon_compaction.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_EXTENSION) += page_ext.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PAGE_TABLE_CHECK) += page_table_check.o
diff --git a/kernel/numa.c b/mm/numa.c
similarity index 100%
rename from kernel/numa.c
rename to mm/numa.c