diff --git a/include/linux/seq_buf.h b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
index 12c64282aa98d806e72e03b05bcb1dc2fd76a42b..9aafe0e24c68515574238660d9494930dbf880c0 100644
--- a/include/linux/seq_buf.h
+++ b/include/linux/seq_buf.h
@@ -115,8 +115,6 @@ extern __printf(2, 3)
 int seq_buf_printf(struct seq_buf *s, const char *fmt, ...);
 extern __printf(2, 0)
 int seq_buf_vprintf(struct seq_buf *s, const char *fmt, va_list args);
-extern int
-seq_buf_bprintf(struct seq_buf *s, const char *fmt, const u32 *binary);
 extern int seq_buf_print_seq(struct seq_file *m, struct seq_buf *s);
 extern int seq_buf_to_user(struct seq_buf *s, char __user *ubuf,
 			   int cnt);
@@ -130,4 +128,9 @@ extern int seq_buf_path(struct seq_buf *s, const struct path *path, const char *
 extern int seq_buf_bitmask(struct seq_buf *s, const unsigned long *maskp,
 			   int nmaskbits);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF
+extern int
+seq_buf_bprintf(struct seq_buf *s, const char *fmt, const u32 *binary);
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_SEQ_BUF_H */
diff --git a/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c b/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
index 086f594ac8902f7530cb2ef4484ae865ec87de0b..4eedfedb9e316eeda39d5d2ae699660266db0c6b 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/seq_buf.c
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ int seq_buf_bitmask(struct seq_buf *s, const unsigned long *maskp,
 	return -1;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF
 /**
  * seq_buf_bprintf - Write the printf string from binary arguments
  * @s: seq_buf descriptor
@@ -161,6 +162,7 @@ int seq_buf_bprintf(struct seq_buf *s, const char *fmt, const u32 *binary)
 	seq_buf_set_overflow(s);
 	return -1;
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_BINARY_PRINTF */
 
 /**
  * seq_buf_puts - sequence printing of simple string