diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
index e15e1489aef5..2001767e1dc7 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
@@ -295,6 +295,7 @@ static inline long put_tv32(struct compat_timeval __user *o, struct timeval *i)
  *
  * This is really horribly ugly.
  */
+#ifdef CONFIG_SYSVIPC
 asmlinkage long sys32_ipc(u32 call, int first, int second, int third, u32 ptr)
 {
 	if (call >> 16)		/* hack for backward compatibility */
@@ -338,6 +339,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_ipc(u32 call, int first, int second, int third, u32 ptr)
 
 	return -ENOSYS;
 }
+#endif
 
 asmlinkage long sys32_truncate64(const char __user * path, unsigned long high, unsigned long low)
 {