diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index eeb4c70b3d5b..b3094cb1afdd 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -7725,7 +7725,7 @@ F:	Documentation/locking/*futex*
 F:	include/asm-generic/futex.h
 F:	include/linux/futex.h
 F:	include/uapi/linux/futex.h
-F:	kernel/futex.c
+F:	kernel/futex/*
 F:	tools/perf/bench/futex*
 F:	tools/testing/selftests/futex/
 
diff --git a/kernel/Makefile b/kernel/Makefile
index 4df609be42d0..3f6ab5d5041b 100644
--- a/kernel/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/Makefile
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_FREEZER) += freezer.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_PROFILING) += profile.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_STACKTRACE) += stacktrace.o
 obj-y += time/
-obj-$(CONFIG_FUTEX) += futex.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_FUTEX) += futex/
 obj-$(CONFIG_GENERIC_ISA_DMA) += dma.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_SMP) += smp.o
 ifneq ($(CONFIG_SMP),y)
diff --git a/kernel/futex/Makefile b/kernel/futex/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b89ba3fba343
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/futex/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+obj-y += core.o
diff --git a/kernel/futex.c b/kernel/futex/core.c
similarity index 99%
rename from kernel/futex.c
rename to kernel/futex/core.c
index c15ad276fd15..f9bc9aa0ce1e 100644
--- a/kernel/futex.c
+++ b/kernel/futex/core.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 
 #include <asm/futex.h>
 
-#include "locking/rtmutex_common.h"
+#include "../locking/rtmutex_common.h"
 
 /*
  * READ this before attempting to hack on futexes!