diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/Makefile b/drivers/pci/controller/Makefile
index febcb813..7c60f10c 100644
--- a/drivers/pci/controller/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
-# Copyright (c) 2022, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+# Copyright (c) 2022-2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
 
 obj-m += tegra-pcie-edma.o
 obj-m += pcie-tegra-vf.o
+
+obj-m += private-soc/
diff --git a/drivers/pci/controller/private-soc/Makefile b/drivers/pci/controller/private-soc/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fd817aca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/pci/controller/private-soc/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+# Copyright (c) 2023, NVIDIA CORPORATION.  All rights reserved.
+
+# Empty Makefile
+# NOTE: Do not change or add anything in this Makefile.
+# The source code and Makefile rules are copied from the
+# kernel/nvidia-$soc/drivers/pci/controller/private-soc. This
+# file is just place-holder for empty Makefile to avoid any build
+# issue when copy is not done from command line and building
+# the tree independent of source copy.