diff --git a/nuttx/ChangeLog b/nuttx/ChangeLog
index 0c7a4dcbf5..bc698f6ad4 100644
--- a/nuttx/ChangeLog
+++ b/nuttx/ChangeLog
@@ -3858,3 +3858,5 @@
 	* include/nuttx/progmem and arch/arm/src/stm32/stm32_flash.c:
 	  Fix a counting bug plus change interface to use either relative
 	  or absolut FLASH addressing (from Freddie Chopin).
+	* libc/misc/Make.defs:  Fix error in conditional for KBD CODEC.
+
diff --git a/nuttx/libc/misc/Make.defs b/nuttx/libc/misc/Make.defs
index ad0313346b..0d3c87d9d9 100644
--- a/nuttx/libc/misc/Make.defs
+++ b/nuttx/libc/misc/Make.defs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ CSRCS += lib_dbg.c lib_dumpbuffer.c
 
 # Keyboard driver encoder/decoder
 
-ifneq ($(CONFIG_LIB_KBDCODEC),0)
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_LIB_KBDCODEC),y)
 CSRCS += lib_kbdencode.c lib_kbddecode.c
 endif