diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
index 37dd77a3d0fb4d91f802d6051cd058b53ce63268..d08df435c2aaa779f4a82803dc68c0123f9e304a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c
@@ -547,7 +547,6 @@ ip_vs_schedule(struct ip_vs_service *svc, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	return cp;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL
 static inline int ip_vs_addr_is_unicast(struct net *net, int af,
 					union nf_inet_addr *addr)
 {
@@ -557,7 +556,6 @@ static inline int ip_vs_addr_is_unicast(struct net *net, int af,
 #endif
 	return (inet_addr_type(net, addr->ip) == RTN_UNICAST);
 }
-#endif
 
 /*
  *  Pass or drop the packet.