diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 928b0d59e9ba..b90ca368dcf6 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ void kvm_io_bus_register_dev(struct kvm_io_bus *bus,
 
 struct kvm_vcpu {
 	struct kvm *kvm;
+#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPT_NOTIFIERS
 	struct preempt_notifier preempt_notifier;
+#endif
 	int vcpu_id;
 	struct mutex mutex;
 	int   cpu;