diff --git a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
index 0efe631e50ca..d80cfdc8edd2 100644
--- a/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
+++ b/drivers/mmc/core/host.c
@@ -86,7 +86,9 @@ struct mmc_host *mmc_alloc_host(int extra, struct device *dev)
 	init_waitqueue_head(&host->wq);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&host->detect, mmc_rescan);
 	INIT_DELAYED_WORK_DEFERRABLE(&host->disable, mmc_host_deeper_disable);
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM
 	host->pm_notify.notifier_call = mmc_pm_notify;
+#endif
 
 	/*
 	 * By default, hosts do not support SGIO or large requests.