diff --git a/conf/machine/include/netmodule-hardware.inc b/conf/machine/include/netmodule-hardware.inc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ccfb932
--- /dev/null
+++ b/conf/machine/include/netmodule-hardware.inc
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+STAGING_KERNEL_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${TUNE_PKGARCH}/kernel-source"
+STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${TUNE_PKGARCH}/kernel-build-artifacts"
diff --git a/conf/machine/include/ti33x.inc b/conf/machine/include/ti33x.inc
index dad248a..01eb35c 100644
--- a/conf/machine/include/ti33x.inc
+++ b/conf/machine/include/ti33x.inc
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 SOC_FAMILY = "ti33x"
 require conf/machine/include/soc-family.inc
+require netmodule-hardware.inc
 
 DEFAULTTUNE ?= "cortexa8thf-neon"
 require conf/machine/include/tune-cortexa8.inc
@@ -50,8 +51,6 @@ MACHINEOVERRIDES =. "${NM_TARGET}:"
 # We have one kernel for all TI machines
 KERNEL_IMAGETYPE = "zImage"
 KERNEL_DEFCONFIG = "am335x-netmodule_defconfig"
-STAGING_KERNEL_DIR = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${TUNE_PKGARCH}/kernel-source"
-STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR = "${TMPDIR}/work-shared/${TUNE_PKGARCH}/kernel-build-artifacts"
 
 # We need to specify all devicetrees here in order to build them with the kernel
 HW16_DT = "am335x-nrhw16.dtb \