diff --git a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
index 23a63207d74702f15aff24b0ab422cd1a724ac4c..1c0f62d0f938af7568312ea0f6649c5d5d80a36d 100644
--- a/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
+++ b/drivers/cpufreq/cpufreq.c
@@ -693,8 +693,8 @@ static int cpufreq_remove_dev (struct sys_device * sys_dev)
 	unsigned int cpu = sys_dev->id;
 	unsigned long flags;
 	struct cpufreq_policy *data;
-	struct sys_device *cpu_sys_dev;
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP
+	struct sys_device *cpu_sys_dev;
 	unsigned int j;
 #endif