diff --git a/include/net/ip_vs.h b/include/net/ip_vs.h
index 77ebece7e68c..299aeb537899 100644
--- a/include/net/ip_vs.h
+++ b/include/net/ip_vs.h
@@ -1359,7 +1359,11 @@ static inline void ip_vs_notrack(struct sk_buff *skb)
  */
 static inline int ip_vs_conntrack_enabled(struct netns_ipvs *ipvs)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 	return ipvs->sysctl_conntrack;
+#else
+	return 0;
+#endif
 }
 
 extern void ip_vs_update_conntrack(struct sk_buff *skb, struct ip_vs_conn *cp,