diff --git a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
index 203470189011102d111318ac233b45e36b54e2a4..f7fc1ac76ce83a5f250852f70783df2e724df5d1 100644
--- a/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
+++ b/fs/dlm/lowcomms.c
@@ -608,6 +608,7 @@ static void lowcomms_error_report(struct sock *sk)
 				   ntohs(inet->inet_dport), sk->sk_err,
 				   sk->sk_err_soft);
 		break;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
 	case AF_INET6:
 		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "dlm: node %d: socket error "
 				   "sending to node %d at %pI6c, "
@@ -616,6 +617,7 @@ static void lowcomms_error_report(struct sock *sk)
 				   ntohs(inet->inet_dport), sk->sk_err,
 				   sk->sk_err_soft);
 		break;
+#endif
 	default:
 		printk_ratelimited(KERN_ERR "dlm: node %d: socket error "
 				   "invalid socket family %d set, "