diff --git a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
index ededaf46f3ca..aeff3d2d863b 100644
--- a/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
+++ b/security/apparmor/apparmorfs.c
@@ -174,6 +174,7 @@ static struct aa_proxy *get_proxy_common_ref(struct aa_common_ref *ref)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY_APPARMOR_EXPORT_BINARY
 static struct aa_loaddata *get_loaddata_common_ref(struct aa_common_ref *ref)
 {
 	if (ref)
@@ -181,6 +182,7 @@ static struct aa_loaddata *get_loaddata_common_ref(struct aa_common_ref *ref)
 						      count));
 	return NULL;
 }
+#endif
 
 static void aa_put_common_ref(struct aa_common_ref *ref)
 {