diff --git a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
index 40940b2fe9d5..54cd431faab7 100644
--- a/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
+++ b/sound/soc/sof/debug.c
@@ -221,7 +221,6 @@ static ssize_t sof_dfsentry_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 {
 	struct snd_sof_dfsentry *dfse = file->private_data;
 	struct snd_sof_dev *sdev = dfse->sdev;
-	struct dentry *dentry;
 	loff_t pos = *ppos;
 	size_t size_ret;
 	int skip = 0;
@@ -229,6 +228,8 @@ static ssize_t sof_dfsentry_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 	u8 *buf;
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SND_SOC_SOF_DEBUG_IPC_FLOOD_TEST)
+	struct dentry *dentry;
+
 	dentry = file->f_path.dentry;
 	if ((!strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_count") ||
 	     !strcmp(dentry->d_name.name, "ipc_flood_duration_ms")) &&