diff --git a/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk b/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
index f0e57361d3a..4c167ca1f29 100644
--- a/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
+++ b/sys/conf/kern.pre.mk
@@ -186,15 +186,13 @@ SYSTEM_DEP+= ${LDSCRIPT}
 MKMODULESENV+=	MAKEOBJDIRPREFIX=${.OBJDIR}/modules KMODDIR=${KODIR}
 MKMODULESENV+=	MACHINE_CPUARCH=${MACHINE_CPUARCH}
 MKMODULESENV+=	MACHINE=${MACHINE} MACHINE_ARCH=${MACHINE_ARCH}
+MKMODULESENV+=	MODULES_EXTRA=${MODULES_EXTRA} WITHOUT_MODULES=${WITHOUT_MODULES}
 .if (${KERN_IDENT} == LINT)
 MKMODULESENV+=	ALL_MODULES=LINT
 .endif
 .if defined(MODULES_OVERRIDE)
 MKMODULESENV+=	MODULES_OVERRIDE="${MODULES_OVERRIDE}"
 .endif
-.if defined(WITHOUT_MODULES)
-MKMODULESENV+=	WITHOUT_MODULES="${WITHOUT_MODULES}"
-.endif
 .if defined(DEBUG)
 MKMODULESENV+=	DEBUG_FLAGS="${DEBUG}"
 .endif