diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
index c0e06234144c..76fe4846a62b 100644
--- a/fs/fuse/file.c
+++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
@@ -1843,9 +1843,9 @@ static ssize_t fuse_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 				struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len,
 				unsigned int flags)
 {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FUSE_BPF
 	struct fuse_file *ff = in->private_data;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_FUSE_BPF
 	/* TODO - this is simply passthrough, not a proper BPF filter */
 	if (ff->backing_file)
 		return fuse_splice_read_backing(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags);