diff --git a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
index 44d8077fbe95..1cdfea3c094a 100644
--- a/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
+++ b/drivers/nvme/host/core.c
@@ -1311,10 +1311,8 @@ static int nvme_ns_ioctl(struct nvme_ns *ns, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	case NVME_IOCTL_SUBMIT_IO:
 		return nvme_submit_io(ns, (void __user *)arg);
 	default:
-#ifdef CONFIG_NVM
 		if (ns->ndev)
 			return nvme_nvm_ioctl(ns, cmd, arg);
-#endif
 		if (is_sed_ioctl(cmd))
 			return sed_ioctl(ns->ctrl->opal_dev, cmd,
 					 (void __user *) arg);