diff --git a/sys/arm/include/cpuconf.h b/sys/arm/include/cpuconf.h
index 1b7d81b8f2ba..298c98539291 100644
--- a/sys/arm/include/cpuconf.h
+++ b/sys/arm/include/cpuconf.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #define	ARM_NARCH	(ARM_ARCH_2 + ARM_ARCH_3 + ARM_ARCH_4 + ARM_ARCH_5)
-#if ARM_NARCH == 0
+#if ARM_NARCH == 0 && !defined(_KLD_MODULE)
 #error ARM_NARCH is 0
 #endif
 
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@
 
 #define	ARM_NMMUS		(ARM_MMU_MEMC + ARM_MMU_GENERIC +	\
 				 ARM_MMU_SA1 + ARM_MMU_XSCALE)
-#if ARM_NMMUS == 0
+#if ARM_NMMUS == 0 && !defined(KLD_MODULE)
 #error ARM_NMMUS is 0
 #endif