diff --git a/net/sched/sch_api.c b/net/sched/sch_api.c
index 014209b1dd58..9ea51812b9cf 100644
--- a/net/sched/sch_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/sch_api.c
@@ -2302,7 +2302,9 @@ static struct pernet_operations psched_net_ops = {
 	.exit = psched_net_exit,
 };
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_RETPOLINE)
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(tc_skip_wrapper);
+#endif
 
 static int __init pktsched_init(void)
 {