diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
index d40d0ef389db..9cbe70c8b0ef 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S
@@ -357,7 +357,8 @@ ENDPROC(__pabt_svc)
 	.endm
 
 	.macro	kuser_cmpxchg_check
-#if !defined(CONFIG_CPU_32v6K) && !defined(CONFIG_NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG)
+#if !defined(CONFIG_CPU_32v6K) && defined(CONFIG_KUSER_HELPERS) && \
+    !defined(CONFIG_NEEDS_SYSCALL_FOR_CMPXCHG)
 #ifndef CONFIG_MMU
 #warning "NPTL on non MMU needs fixing"
 #else