diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
index b61977db9b7f..2a909e5f9ba0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_CLUSTERIP.c
@@ -846,9 +846,9 @@ static int clusterip_net_init(struct net *net)
 
 static void clusterip_net_exit(struct net *net)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	struct clusterip_net *cn = clusterip_pernet(net);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 	mutex_lock(&cn->mutex);
 	proc_remove(cn->procdir);
 	cn->procdir = NULL;