diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index fb78b03460b6..253513749548 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -13,7 +13,13 @@ 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
+else
 KBUILD_OPTIONS += MODNAME?=wlan
+endif
 
 #By default build for CLD
 WLAN_SELECT := CONFIG_QCA_CLD_WLAN=m