diff --git a/fs/exfat/Android.mk b/fs/exfat/Android.mk
index 44bc00c1e53c..2edd9e41ce58 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/Android.mk
+++ b/fs/exfat/Android.mk
@@ -5,4 +5,5 @@ include $(CLEAR_VARS)
 LOCAL_MODULE := exfat.ko
 LOCAL_MODULE_TAGS := optional
 LOCAL_MODULE_PATH := $(KERNEL_MODULES_OUT)
+KBUILD_OPTIONS_GKI += MODULE_KERNEL_VERSION=$(TARGET_KERNEL_VERSION)
 include $(DLKM_DIR)/AndroidKernelModule.mk
diff --git a/fs/exfat/Kbuild b/fs/exfat/Kbuild
index 1983f023b507..4cee1fa94895 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/Kbuild
+++ b/fs/exfat/Kbuild
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # add -Wall to try to catch everything we can.
 EXTRA_CFLAGS += -Wall
 
+KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS += $(CURDIR)/../../kernel/msm-$(MODULE_KERNEL_VERSION)/Module.symvers
 exfat-y := exfat_core.o exfat_super.o exfat_api.o exfat_blkdev.o exfat_cache.o \
          exfat_data.o exfat_bitmap.o exfat_nls.o exfat_oal.o exfat_upcase.o
 obj-m += exfat.o