diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 42b77d3b68e8..f3f264826423 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1143,7 +1143,9 @@ static inline unsigned long section_nr_to_pfn(unsigned long sec)
 #define SUBSECTION_ALIGN_DOWN(pfn) ((pfn) & PAGE_SUBSECTION_MASK)
 
 struct mem_section_usage {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(subsection_map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION);
+#endif
 	/* See declaration of similar field in struct zone */
 	unsigned long pageblock_flags[0];
 };
diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 01204c3b4649..095ecf5bb6d3 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -209,6 +209,7 @@ static inline unsigned long first_present_section_nr(void)
 	return next_present_section_nr(-1);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 static void subsection_mask_set(unsigned long *map, unsigned long pfn,
 		unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
@@ -243,6 +244,11 @@ void __init subsection_map_init(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 		nr_pages -= pfns;
 	}
 }
+#else
+void __init subsection_map_init(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+}
+#endif
 
 /* Record a memory area against a node. */
 void __init memory_present(int nid, unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
@@ -705,6 +711,7 @@ static void free_map_bootmem(struct page *memmap)
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 static int clear_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
 	DECLARE_BITMAP(map, SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION) = { 0 };
@@ -731,6 +738,17 @@ static bool is_subsection_map_empty(struct mem_section *ms)
 	return bitmap_empty(&ms->usage->subsection_map[0],
 			    SUBSECTIONS_PER_SECTION);
 }
+#else
+static int clear_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static bool is_subsection_map_empty(struct mem_section *ms)
+{
+	return true;
+}
+#endif
 
 static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		struct vmem_altmap *altmap)
@@ -792,6 +810,7 @@ static void section_deactivate(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages,
 		ms->section_mem_map = (unsigned long)NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SPARSEMEM_VMEMMAP
 static int fill_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 {
 	struct mem_section *ms = __pfn_to_section(pfn);
@@ -813,6 +832,12 @@ static int fill_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
 
 	return rc;
 }
+#else
+static int fill_subsection_map(unsigned long pfn, unsigned long nr_pages)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 
 static struct page * __meminit section_activate(int nid, unsigned long pfn,
 		unsigned long nr_pages, struct vmem_altmap *altmap)