diff --git a/fs/btrfs/acl.c b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
index cbba000dccbe..603972576f0f 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/acl.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/acl.c
@@ -351,9 +351,4 @@ int btrfs_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask)
-{
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #endif /* CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL */
diff --git a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
index 4d6e0b6f21ea..03441a99ea38 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
+++ b/fs/btrfs/ctree.h
@@ -2301,7 +2301,11 @@ int btrfs_parse_options(struct btrfs_root *root, char *options);
 int btrfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait);
 
 /* acl.c */
+#ifdef CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL
 int btrfs_check_acl(struct inode *inode, int mask);
+#else
+#define btrfs_check_acl NULL
+#endif
 int btrfs_init_acl(struct inode *inode, struct inode *dir);
 int btrfs_acl_chmod(struct inode *inode);