diff --git a/drivers/net/can/Makefile b/drivers/net/can/Makefile
index 0af85983634c..210354df273c 100644
--- a/drivers/net/can/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/can/Makefile
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_VCAN)		+= vcan.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_VXCAN)		+= vxcan.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_SLCAN)		+= slcan.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_SLCAN)		+= slcan/
 
 obj-y				+= dev/
 obj-y				+= rcar/
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/slcan/Makefile b/drivers/net/can/slcan/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..2e84f7bf7617
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/net/can/slcan/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+obj-$(CONFIG_CAN_SLCAN) += slcan.o
+
+slcan-objs :=
+slcan-objs += slcan-core.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/can/slcan.c b/drivers/net/can/slcan/slcan-core.c
similarity index 100%
rename from drivers/net/can/slcan.c
rename to drivers/net/can/slcan/slcan-core.c