diff --git a/drivers/net/can/mttcan/Makefile b/drivers/net/can/mttcan/Makefile
index dc65a979..7478bf84 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/mttcan/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/can/mttcan/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,13 @@
-# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright (c) 2022-2023 NVIDIA CORPORATION & AFFILIATES. All rights reserved.
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
 
+# CAN_LEDS has been marked as BROKEN since Linux v4.19 and
+# was finally removed in Linux v5.19. Only compile support
+# for LEDS if enabled in the kernel.
+ifdef CONFIG_CAN_LEDS
+subdir-ccflags-y += -DCONFIG_CAN_LEDS
+endif
+
 obj-m := mttcan.o
 
 mttcan-y = native/m_ttcan_linux.o native/m_ttcan_sys.o hal/m_ttcan.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/mttcan/native/m_ttcan_linux.c b/drivers/net/can/mttcan/native/m_ttcan_linux.c
index 5e7cce30..377820d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/mttcan/native/m_ttcan_linux.c
+++ b/drivers/net/can/mttcan/native/m_ttcan_linux.c
@@ -620,7 +620,7 @@ static void mttcan_tx_complete(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	while (completed_tx) {
 		msg_no = ffs(completed_tx) - 1;
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5, 19, 0)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CAN_LEDS)
 		can_led_event(dev, CAN_LED_EVENT_TX);
 #endif
 		clear_bit(msg_no, &ttcan->tx_object);
@@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ static int mttcan_open(struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 
 	napi_enable(&priv->napi);
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5, 19, 0)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CAN_LEDS)
 	can_led_event(dev, CAN_LED_EVENT_OPEN);
 #endif
 
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ static int mttcan_close(struct net_device *dev)
 	mttcan_power_down(dev);
 	mttcan_pm_runtime_put_sync(priv);
 
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5, 19, 0)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CAN_LEDS)
 	can_led_event(dev, CAN_LED_EVENT_STOP);
 #endif
 	return 0;
@@ -1553,7 +1553,7 @@ static int register_mttcan_dev(struct net_device *dev)
 
 	dev->netdev_ops = &mttcan_netdev_ops;
 	err = register_candev(dev);
-#if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(5, 19, 0)
+#if defined(CONFIG_CAN_LEDS)
 	if (!err)
 		devm_can_led_init(dev);
 #endif