diff --git a/mm/sparse.c b/mm/sparse.c
index 2779b419ef2a..fb7aeb1899a4 100644
--- a/mm/sparse.c
+++ b/mm/sparse.c
@@ -318,6 +318,7 @@ size_t mem_section_usage_size(void)
 	return sizeof(struct mem_section_usage) + usemap_size();
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
 static inline phys_addr_t pgdat_to_phys(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 {
 #ifndef CONFIG_NUMA
@@ -328,7 +329,6 @@ static inline phys_addr_t pgdat_to_phys(struct pglist_data *pgdat)
 #endif
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_MEMORY_HOTREMOVE
 static struct mem_section_usage * __init
 sparse_early_usemaps_alloc_pgdat_section(struct pglist_data *pgdat,
 					 unsigned long size)