diff --git a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
index b8eecc7b9531..9ffe01d7042a 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/mm/fault.c
@@ -727,12 +727,7 @@ static const struct fault_info fault_info[] = {
 
 int handle_guest_sea(phys_addr_t addr, unsigned int esr)
 {
-	int ret = -ENOENT;
-
-	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_SEA))
-		ret = ghes_notify_sea();
-
-	return ret;
+	return ghes_notify_sea();
 }
 
 asmlinkage void __exception do_mem_abort(unsigned long addr, unsigned int esr,
diff --git a/include/acpi/ghes.h b/include/acpi/ghes.h
index 1624e2be485c..82cb4eb225a4 100644
--- a/include/acpi/ghes.h
+++ b/include/acpi/ghes.h
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ static inline void *acpi_hest_get_next(struct acpi_hest_generic_data *gdata)
 	     (void *)section - (void *)(estatus + 1) < estatus->data_length; \
 	     section = acpi_hest_get_next(section))
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI_APEI_SEA
 int ghes_notify_sea(void);
+#else
+static inline int ghes_notify_sea(void) { return -ENOENT; }
+#endif
 
 #endif /* GHES_H */