diff --git a/include/net/pkt_sched.h b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
index 44a35531952e..3372a1f67cf4 100644
--- a/include/net/pkt_sched.h
+++ b/include/net/pkt_sched.h
@@ -173,11 +173,28 @@ struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload {
 	struct tc_taprio_sched_entry entries[];
 };
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NET_SCH_TAPRIO)
+
 /* Reference counting */
 struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload *taprio_offload_get(struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload
 						  *offload);
 void taprio_offload_free(struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload *offload);
 
+#else
+
+/* Reference counting */
+static inline struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload *
+taprio_offload_get(struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload *offload)
+{
+	return NULL;
+}
+
+static inline void taprio_offload_free(struct tc_taprio_qopt_offload *offload)
+{
+}
+
+#endif
+
 /* Ensure skb_mstamp_ns, which might have been populated with the txtime, is
  * not mistaken for a software timestamp, because this will otherwise prevent
  * the dispatch of hardware timestamps to the socket.