diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
index 2e37f8a6d8cf..be661396095c 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel_core.c
@@ -993,6 +993,7 @@ static const struct iio_trigger_ops st_accel_trigger_ops = {
 #define ST_ACCEL_TRIGGER_OPS NULL
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 static const struct iio_mount_matrix *
 get_mount_matrix(const struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 		 const struct iio_chan_spec *chan)
@@ -1013,7 +1014,6 @@ static const struct iio_chan_spec_ext_info mount_matrix_ext_info[] = {
 static int apply_acpi_orientation(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 				  struct iio_chan_spec *channels)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 	struct st_sensor_data *adata = iio_priv(indio_dev);
 	struct acpi_buffer buffer = {ACPI_ALLOCATE_BUFFER, NULL};
 	struct acpi_device *adev;
@@ -1141,10 +1141,14 @@ static int apply_acpi_orientation(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
 out:
 	kfree(buffer.pointer);
 	return ret;
-#else /* !CONFIG_ACPI */
-	return 0;
-#endif
 }
+#else /* !CONFIG_ACPI */
+static int apply_acpi_orientation(struct iio_dev *indio_dev,
+				  struct iio_chan_spec *channels)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+#endif
 
 /*
  * st_accel_get_settings() - get sensor settings from device name