diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
index 679e18ffb3a66af3ed8ddfc8241a10cd636d4440..b531d4f3c00b5a2b397d97f11c592b4119e36289 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/Makefile
@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ mlx5_core-y :=	main.o cmd.o debugfs.o fw.o eq.o uar.o pagealloc.o \
 
 mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN) += wq.o eswitch.o \
 		en_main.o en_fs.o en_ethtool.o en_tx.o en_rx.o \
-		en_txrx.o en_clock.o vxlan.o en_tc.o
+		en_txrx.o en_clock.o vxlan.o en_tc.o en_arfs.o
 
 mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_EN_DCB) +=  en_dcbnl.o
-mlx5_core-$(CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL) +=  en_arfs.o
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_arfs.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_arfs.c
index b4ae0fe158789913bc0502761df9d4d81a9ec735..3515e78ba68f99fde8b9041abe67e7894ab99a21 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_arfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/en_arfs.c
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_RFS_ACCEL
+
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/mlx5/fs.h>
 #include <linux/ip.h>
@@ -747,3 +749,4 @@ int mlx5e_rx_flow_steer(struct net_device *dev, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 	spin_unlock_bh(&arfs->arfs_lock);
 	return arfs_rule->filter_id;
 }
+#endif