diff --git a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
index 165cd27..e3baf69 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/network-coding.c
@@ -1881,6 +1881,7 @@
 	batadv_hash_destroy(bat_priv->nc.decoding_hash);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUGFS
 /**
  * batadv_nc_nodes_seq_print_text - print the nc node information
  * @seq: seq file to print on
@@ -1980,3 +1981,4 @@
 out:
 	return -ENOMEM;
 }
+#endif