diff --git a/kernel/sched_rt.c b/kernel/sched_rt.c
index 47ceac9e8552f309930c9f9af4d4131fd18ca8f3..147004c651c09dcb44f51cff5f86a67296e77aaa 100644
--- a/kernel/sched_rt.c
+++ b/kernel/sched_rt.c
@@ -505,7 +505,9 @@ void inc_rt_tasks(struct sched_rt_entity *rt_se, struct rt_rq *rt_rq)
 	rt_rq->rt_nr_running++;
 #if defined CONFIG_SMP || defined CONFIG_RT_GROUP_SCHED
 	if (rt_se_prio(rt_se) < rt_rq->highest_prio) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_SMP
 		struct rq *rq = rq_of_rt_rq(rt_rq);
+#endif
 
 		rt_rq->highest_prio = rt_se_prio(rt_se);
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP