diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 1de2ef8ec926..f527d8e65d69 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -123,9 +123,7 @@ static unsigned long soft_lockup_nmi_warn;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
 unsigned int __read_mostly hardlockup_panic =
 			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
-#ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR_NMI
 static unsigned long __maybe_unused hardlockup_allcpu_dumped;
-#endif
 /*
  * We may not want to enable hard lockup detection by default in all cases,
  * for example when running the kernel as a guest on a hypervisor. In these