diff --git a/Kbuild b/Kbuild
index 10446e04efe5..ce8eacf39576 100644
--- a/Kbuild
+++ b/Kbuild
@@ -74,6 +74,10 @@ UAPI_INC :=	-I$(WLAN_ROOT)/$(UAPI_DIR)/linux
 COMMON_DIR :=	core/common
 COMMON_INC :=	-I$(WLAN_ROOT)/$(COMMON_DIR)
 
+ifeq (qca_cld3, $(WLAN_WEAR_CHIPSET))
+	cppflags-y += -DWLAN_WEAR_CHIPSET
+endif
+
 ############ HDD ############
 HDD_DIR :=	core/hdd
 HDD_INC_DIR :=	$(HDD_DIR)/inc
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 253513749548..e0f6ff2f3154 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ M ?= $(shell pwd)
 # WLAN_ROOT must contain an absolute path (i.e. not a relative path)
 KBUILD_OPTIONS := WLAN_ROOT=$(shell cd $(KERNEL_SRC); readlink -e $(M))
 
-# MODNAME should be qca_cld3_wlan for helium based platform
-ifeq (qca_cld3, $(WLAN_CHIPSET))
-KBUILD_OPTIONS += MODNAME?=$(WLAN_CHIPSET)_wlan
+# MODNAME should be qca_cld3_wlan for helium based wear target
+ifeq (qca_cld3, $(WLAN_WEAR_CHIPSET))
+KBUILD_OPTIONS += MODNAME?=$(WLAN_WEAR_CHIPSET)_wlan
 else
 KBUILD_OPTIONS += MODNAME?=wlan
 endif
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c
index 8d1f532868d1..6a0822a8c41b 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_driver_ops.c
@@ -50,7 +50,11 @@
 #include "wlan_hdd_thermal.h"
 
 #ifdef MODULE
+#ifdef WLAN_WEAR_CHIPSET
+#define WLAN_MODULE_NAME  "wlan"
+#else
 #define WLAN_MODULE_NAME  module_name(THIS_MODULE)
+#endif
 #else
 #define WLAN_MODULE_NAME  "wlan"
 #endif
diff --git a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
index 5169ef3a4ada..10824450579b 100644
--- a/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
+++ b/core/hdd/src/wlan_hdd_main.c
@@ -200,7 +200,11 @@
 #include "wlan_hdd_thermal.h"
 
 #ifdef MODULE
+#ifdef WLAN_WEAR_CHIPSET
+#define WLAN_MODULE_NAME  "wlan"
+#else
 #define WLAN_MODULE_NAME  module_name(THIS_MODULE)
+#endif
 #else
 #define WLAN_MODULE_NAME  "wlan"
 #endif