diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
index 3ab7ae01da392c35daacda6311a9147a2f5c908e..147ffcc65120ccf574d4ed8f3b4a39358db23abd 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/xattr.c
@@ -396,9 +396,6 @@ static int ll_xattr_get_common(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 			       const char *name, void *buffer, size_t size)
 {
 	struct ll_sb_info *sbi = ll_i2sbi(inode);
-#ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
-	struct ll_inode_info *lli = ll_i2info(inode);
-#endif
 	char *fullname;
 	int rc;
 
@@ -422,6 +419,7 @@ static int ll_xattr_get_common(const struct xattr_handler *handler,
 	 * chance that cached ACL is uptodate.
 	 */
 	if (handler->flags == XATTR_ACL_ACCESS_T) {
+		struct ll_inode_info *lli = ll_i2info(inode);
 		struct posix_acl *acl;
 
 		spin_lock(&lli->lli_lock);