diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index ee95855a2cf32abfb6c89a0e0739a0a07fd9cb1d..3a7d03c12dd92ab4626e62ea73ffcb266814fbf7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -112,9 +112,9 @@ int ll_setxattr_common(struct inode *inode, const char *name,
 	struct ptlrpc_request *req = NULL;
 	int xattr_type, rc;
 	struct obd_capa *oc;
+	struct rmtacl_ctl_entry *rce = NULL;
 #ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 	posix_acl_xattr_header *new_value = NULL;
-	struct rmtacl_ctl_entry *rce = NULL;
 	ext_acl_xattr_header *acl = NULL;
 #endif
 	const char *pv = value;