diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/Makefile b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/Makefile
index 5c044e396330..9c7a32930ed6 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
 obj-$(CONFIG_ATH12K) += ath12k.o
 ath12k-y += core.o \
+	    core_wifi7.o \
 	    hal.o \
 	    hal_tx.o \
 	    hal_rx.o \
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
index 1333422724e4..b1a26027de3f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core.c
@@ -22,10 +22,7 @@
 #include "hif.h"
 #include "pci.h"
 #include "wow.h"
-#include "pci_wifi7.h"
-#include "ahb_wifi7.h"
 
-static int ahb_err, pci_err;
 unsigned int ath12k_debug_mask;
 module_param_named(debug_mask, ath12k_debug_mask, uint, 0644);
 MODULE_PARM_DESC(debug_mask, "Debugging mask");
@@ -2282,32 +2279,3 @@ struct ath12k_base *ath12k_core_alloc(struct device *dev, size_t priv_size,
 	kfree(ab);
 	return NULL;
 }
-
-static int ath12k_init(void)
-{
-	ahb_err = ath12k_wifi7_ahb_init();
-	if (ahb_err)
-		pr_warn("Failed to initialize ath12k AHB device: %d\n", ahb_err);
-
-	pci_err = ath12k_wifi7_pci_init();
-	if (pci_err)
-		pr_warn("Failed to initialize ath12k PCI device: %d\n", pci_err);
-
-	/* If both failed, return one of the failures (arbitrary) */
-	return ahb_err && pci_err ? ahb_err : 0;
-}
-
-static void ath12k_exit(void)
-{
-	if (!pci_err)
-		ath12k_wifi7_pci_exit();
-
-	if (!ahb_err)
-		ath12k_wifi7_ahb_exit();
-}
-
-module_init(ath12k_init);
-module_exit(ath12k_exit);
-
-MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver support for Qualcomm Technologies 802.11be WLAN devices");
-MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core_wifi7.c b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core_wifi7.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..85ea8904672c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath12k/core_wifi7.c
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause-Clear
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2018-2021 The Linux Foundation. All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include "ahb.h"
+#include "pci.h"
+#include "pci_wifi7.h"
+#include "ahb_wifi7.h"
+
+static int ahb_err, pci_err;
+
+static int ath12k_wifi7_init(void)
+{
+	ahb_err = ath12k_wifi7_ahb_init();
+	if (ahb_err)
+		pr_warn("Failed to initialize ath12k Wi-Fi 7 AHB device: %d\n",
+			ahb_err);
+
+	pci_err = ath12k_wifi7_pci_init();
+	if (pci_err)
+		pr_warn("Failed to initialize ath12k Wi-Fi 7 PCI device: %d\n",
+			pci_err);
+
+	/* If both failed, return one of the failures (arbitrary) */
+	return ahb_err && pci_err ? ahb_err : 0;
+}
+
+static void ath12k_wifi7_exit(void)
+{
+	if (!pci_err)
+		ath12k_wifi7_pci_exit();
+
+	if (!ahb_err)
+		ath12k_wifi7_ahb_exit();
+}
+
+module_init(ath12k_wifi7_init);
+module_exit(ath12k_wifi7_exit);
+
+MODULE_DESCRIPTION("Driver support for Qualcomm Technologies 802.11be WLAN devices");
+MODULE_LICENSE("Dual BSD/GPL");