diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
index 8d56ec6cca79606e8ee8d075e455e1f2b8d532d6..121166400e25a01917df9452560e2fc12bfba882 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/exec.c
@@ -39,9 +39,9 @@ static long execve1(char *file, char __user * __user *argv,
 		    char __user *__user *env)
 {
         long error;
+#ifdef CONFIG_TTY_LOG
 	struct tty_struct *tty;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_TTY_LOG
 	mutex_lock(&tty_mutex);
 	tty = get_current_tty();
 	if (tty)