diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
index 624ddcf728e02ab031ffbb029d4bd78c6bf8e15b..963918e0974a91c9487ce373fd6787b5b2643bf5 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/fadump.c
@@ -1108,7 +1108,9 @@ static ssize_t fadump_release_memory_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 		 * Take away the '/proc/vmcore'. We are releasing the dump
 		 * memory, hence it will not be valid anymore.
 		 */
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_VMCORE
 		vmcore_cleanup();
+#endif
 		fadump_invalidate_release_mem();
 
 	} else