diff --git a/block/cfq-iosched.c b/block/cfq-iosched.c
index 457295253566e97179daca0502c57c320962ed24..388fe01de18e845b6be4b27aa36827dd0a15de15 100644
--- a/block/cfq-iosched.c
+++ b/block/cfq-iosched.c
@@ -3878,8 +3878,6 @@ static struct blkio_policy_type blkio_policy_cfq = {
 	},
 	.plid = BLKIO_POLICY_PROP,
 };
-#else
-static struct blkio_policy_type blkio_policy_cfq;
 #endif
 
 static int __init cfq_init(void)
@@ -3910,14 +3908,17 @@ static int __init cfq_init(void)
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	blkio_policy_register(&blkio_policy_cfq);
-
+#endif
 	return 0;
 }
 
 static void __exit cfq_exit(void)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_CFQ_GROUP_IOSCHED
 	blkio_policy_unregister(&blkio_policy_cfq);
+#endif
 	elv_unregister(&iosched_cfq);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(cfq_pool);
 }