diff --git a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
index aeca58246fc7..3997af4eaa89 100644
--- a/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
+++ b/sound/soc/intel/skylake/skl.c
@@ -697,8 +697,8 @@ static int probe_codec(struct hdac_bus *bus, int addr)
 	unsigned int cmd = (addr << 28) | (AC_NODE_ROOT << 20) |
 		(AC_VERB_PARAMETERS << 8) | AC_PAR_VENDOR_ID;
 	unsigned int res = -1;
-	struct skl_dev *skl = bus_to_skl(bus);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_INTEL_SKYLAKE_HDAUDIO_CODEC)
+	struct skl_dev *skl = bus_to_skl(bus);
 	struct hdac_hda_priv *hda_codec;
 	int err;
 #endif