diff --git a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
index 5dbf13f954f6..c97f7940cb95 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm/mm/fault.c
@@ -491,12 +491,14 @@ do_translation_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
  * Some section permission faults need to be handled gracefully.
  * They can happen due to a __{get,put}_user during an oops.
  */
+#ifndef CONFIG_ARM_LPAE
 static int
 do_sect_fault(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
 	do_bad_area(addr, fsr, regs);
 	return 0;
 }
+#endif /* CONFIG_ARM_LPAE */
 
 /*
  * This abort handler always returns "fault".