diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index cce02243..1d6cf08 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@
 	.open	= shm_open,	/* callback for a new vm-area open */
 	.close	= shm_close,	/* callback for when the vm-area is released */
 	.nopage	= shmem_nopage,
-#ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
+#if defined(CONFIG_NUMA) && defined(CONFIG_SHMEM)
 	.set_policy = shmem_set_policy,
 	.get_policy = shmem_get_policy,
 #endif