diff --git a/drivers/note/Make.defs b/drivers/note/Make.defs
index 68755c7a332..3eb161053a8 100644
--- a/drivers/note/Make.defs
+++ b/drivers/note/Make.defs
@@ -18,14 +18,11 @@
 #
 ############################################################################
 
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION),y)
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION_EXTERNAL),)
-CSRCS += sched_note.c
-CFLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}${TOPDIR}/sched
-endif
-endif
-
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DRIVER_NOTE),y)
+  ifeq ($(CONFIG_SCHED_INSTRUMENTATION_EXTERNAL),)
+    CSRCS += note_driver.c
+    CFLAGS += ${INCDIR_PREFIX}${TOPDIR}/sched
+  endif
   CSRCS += note_initialize.c
 endif
 
diff --git a/drivers/note/sched_note.c b/drivers/note/note_driver.c
similarity index 99%
rename from drivers/note/sched_note.c
rename to drivers/note/note_driver.c
index 4cbadae7dcd..c8a83b58e63 100644
--- a/drivers/note/sched_note.c
+++ b/drivers/note/note_driver.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * drivers/note/sched_note.c
+ * drivers/note/note_driver.c
  *
  * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
  * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with