diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h
index 160abcb8e9fa..ea0e487f87b1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/nmi.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ long soft_nmi_interrupt(struct pt_regs *regs);
 static inline void arch_touch_nmi_watchdog(void) {}
 #endif
 
-#if defined(CONFIG_NMI_IPI) && defined(CONFIG_STACKTRACE)
+#ifdef CONFIG_NMI_IPI
 extern void arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace(const cpumask_t *mask,
 					   bool exclude_self);
 #define arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace arch_trigger_cpumask_backtrace