diff --git a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
index 9e1c8caec5ce..f2280616f9d5 100644
--- a/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
+++ b/kernel/rcu/tree_nocb.h
@@ -1312,6 +1312,7 @@ int rcu_nocb_cpu_offload(int cpu)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rcu_nocb_cpu_offload);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_LAZY
 static unsigned long
 lazy_rcu_shrink_count(struct shrinker *shrink, struct shrink_control *sc)
 {
@@ -1360,6 +1361,7 @@ static struct shrinker lazy_rcu_shrinker = {
 	.batch = 0,
 	.seeks = DEFAULT_SEEKS,
 };
+#endif // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_LAZY
 
 void __init rcu_init_nohz(void)
 {
@@ -1391,8 +1393,10 @@ void __init rcu_init_nohz(void)
 	if (!rcu_state.nocb_is_setup)
 		return;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RCU_LAZY
 	if (register_shrinker(&lazy_rcu_shrinker, "rcu-lazy"))
 		pr_err("Failed to register lazy_rcu shrinker!\n");
+#endif // #ifdef CONFIG_RCU_LAZY
 
 	if (!cpumask_subset(rcu_nocb_mask, cpu_possible_mask)) {
 		pr_info("\tNote: kernel parameter 'rcu_nocbs=', 'nohz_full', or 'isolcpus=' contains nonexistent CPUs.\n");