diff --git a/net/core/net-sysfs.c b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
index 3bf72b638d3427ef3f1708b91195ad93b9683f80..9d134636f87c9d8982f83e0b89935c3f7cc2f7c0 100644
--- a/net/core/net-sysfs.c
+++ b/net/core/net-sysfs.c
@@ -1221,9 +1221,7 @@ static void netdev_queue_release(struct kobject *kobj)
 
 static struct kobj_type netdev_queue_ktype = {
 	.sysfs_ops = &netdev_queue_sysfs_ops,
-#ifdef CONFIG_XPS
 	.release = netdev_queue_release,
-#endif
 	.default_attrs = netdev_queue_default_attrs,
 };