diff --git a/kernel/module/Makefile b/kernel/module/Makefile
index a46e6361017f..a94f7b8b2740 100644
--- a/kernel/module/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/module/Makefile
@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@
 # and produce insane amounts of uninteresting coverage.
 KCOV_INSTRUMENT_module.o := n
 
-obj-y += main.o
+obj-y += main.o strict_rwx.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_DECOMPRESS) += decompress.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULE_SIG) += signing.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_LIVEPATCH) += livepatch.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP) += tree_lookup.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX) += strict_rwx.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_KMEMLEAK) += debug_kmemleak.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KALLSYMS) += kallsyms.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROC_FS) += procfs.o
diff --git a/kernel/module/internal.h b/kernel/module/internal.h
index 972bc811dcd2..c59473b232df 100644
--- a/kernel/module/internal.h
+++ b/kernel/module/internal.h
@@ -175,25 +175,12 @@ static inline struct module *mod_find(unsigned long addr)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_MODULES_TREE_LOOKUP */
 
-void frob_text(const struct module_layout *layout, int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start,
-								     int num_pages));
-
-#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init);
 void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod);
+void module_enable_x(const struct module *mod);
 int module_enforce_rwx_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 				char *secstrings, struct module *mod);
 
-#else /* !CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX */
-static inline void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod) { }
-static inline void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init) {}
-static inline int module_enforce_rwx_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
-				       char *secstrings, struct module *mod)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-#endif /* CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX */
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULE_SIG
 int module_sig_check(struct load_info *info, int flags);
 #else /* !CONFIG_MODULE_SIG */
diff --git a/kernel/module/main.c b/kernel/module/main.c
index 44e80b4e56db..70e1b93dddf3 100644
--- a/kernel/module/main.c
+++ b/kernel/module/main.c
@@ -1124,43 +1124,6 @@ resolve_symbol_wait(struct module *mod,
 	return ksym;
 }
 
-/*
- * LKM RO/NX protection: protect module's text/ro-data
- * from modification and any data from execution.
- *
- * General layout of module is:
- *          [text] [read-only-data] [ro-after-init] [writable data]
- * text_size -----^                ^               ^               ^
- * ro_size ------------------------|               |               |
- * ro_after_init_size -----------------------------|               |
- * size -----------------------------------------------------------|
- *
- * These values are always page-aligned (as is base)
- */
-
-/*
- * Since some arches are moving towards PAGE_KERNEL module allocations instead
- * of PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, keep frob_text() and module_enable_x() outside of the
- * CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX block below because they are needed regardless of
- * whether we are strict.
- */
-void frob_text(const struct module_layout *layout,
-	       int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start, int num_pages))
-{
-	set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base,
-		   PAGE_ALIGN(layout->text_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
-}
-
-static void module_enable_x(const struct module *mod)
-{
-	if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(mod->core_layout.base) ||
-	    !PAGE_ALIGNED(mod->init_layout.base))
-		return;
-
-	frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
-	frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x);
-}
-
 void __weak module_memfree(void *module_region)
 {
 	/*
diff --git a/kernel/module/strict_rwx.c b/kernel/module/strict_rwx.c
index 7949dfd449c2..43332b4416b0 100644
--- a/kernel/module/strict_rwx.c
+++ b/kernel/module/strict_rwx.c
@@ -11,6 +11,34 @@
 #include <linux/set_memory.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+/*
+ * LKM RO/NX protection: protect module's text/ro-data
+ * from modification and any data from execution.
+ *
+ * General layout of module is:
+ *          [text] [read-only-data] [ro-after-init] [writable data]
+ * text_size -----^                ^               ^               ^
+ * ro_size ------------------------|               |               |
+ * ro_after_init_size -----------------------------|               |
+ * size -----------------------------------------------------------|
+ *
+ * These values are always page-aligned (as is base) when
+ * CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX is set.
+ */
+
+/*
+ * Since some arches are moving towards PAGE_KERNEL module allocations instead
+ * of PAGE_KERNEL_EXEC, keep frob_text() and module_enable_x() independent of
+ * CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX because they are needed regardless of whether we
+ * are strict.
+ */
+static void frob_text(const struct module_layout *layout,
+		      int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start, int num_pages))
+{
+	set_memory((unsigned long)layout->base,
+		   PAGE_ALIGN(layout->text_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
+}
+
 static void frob_rodata(const struct module_layout *layout,
 		 int (*set_memory)(unsigned long start, int num_pages))
 {
@@ -41,10 +69,24 @@ static void frob_writable_data(const struct module_layout *layout,
 		   (layout->size - layout->ro_after_init_size) >> PAGE_SHIFT);
 }
 
+void module_enable_x(const struct module *mod)
+{
+	if (!PAGE_ALIGNED(mod->core_layout.base) ||
+	    !PAGE_ALIGNED(mod->init_layout.base))
+		return;
+
+	frob_text(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_x);
+	frob_text(&mod->init_layout, set_memory_x);
+}
+
 void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init)
 {
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
+		return;
+#ifdef CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX
 	if (!rodata_enabled)
 		return;
+#endif
 
 	set_vm_flush_reset_perms(mod->core_layout.base);
 	set_vm_flush_reset_perms(mod->init_layout.base);
@@ -60,6 +102,9 @@ void module_enable_ro(const struct module *mod, bool after_init)
 
 void module_enable_nx(const struct module *mod)
 {
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
+		return;
+
 	frob_rodata(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
 	frob_ro_after_init(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
 	frob_writable_data(&mod->core_layout, set_memory_nx);
@@ -73,6 +118,9 @@ int module_enforce_rwx_sections(Elf_Ehdr *hdr, Elf_Shdr *sechdrs,
 	const unsigned long shf_wx = SHF_WRITE | SHF_EXECINSTR;
 	int i;
 
+	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_STRICT_MODULE_RWX))
+		return 0;
+
 	for (i = 0; i < hdr->e_shnum; i++) {
 		if ((sechdrs[i].sh_flags & shf_wx) == shf_wx) {
 			pr_err("%s: section %s (index %d) has invalid WRITE|EXEC flags\n",
