diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c
index 261e81fb95826d0264c8ad3148f6259cc0c3f51d..d3d003cb5481cdcabe0b5c5369bad920838b8d8f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.c
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 #include "misc.h"
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
+
 int early_serial_base;
 
 #include "../early_serial_console.c"
+
+#endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
index 618e5c830f1576349501b1a6b5df416f67e17dae..3ffee6e0c54ce6b768130caa4bee81c248b46f84 100644
--- a/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
+++ b/arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.h
@@ -43,7 +43,17 @@ int cmdline_find_option(const char *option, char *buffer, int bufsize);
 int cmdline_find_option_bool(const char *option);
 
 /* early_serial_console.c */
+#ifdef CONFIG_EARLY_PRINTK
+
 extern int early_serial_base;
 void console_init(void);
 
+#else
+
+static const int early_serial_base;
+static inline void console_init(void)
+{ }
+
+#endif
+
 #endif