diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
index 5083dba..75fcd30 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/iwl-agn-rs.c
@@ -2873,7 +2873,9 @@
 		lq_sta->last_txrate_idx += IWL_FIRST_OFDM_RATE;
 	lq_sta->is_agg = 0;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MAC80211_DEBUGFS
 	lq_sta->dbg_fixed_rate = 0;
+#endif
 
 	rs_initialize_lq(priv, conf, sta, lq_sta);
 }