diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 06eccca8cb5..4756d5857ab 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -952,7 +952,9 @@ static int rtnl_newlink(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh, void *arg)
 	struct nlattr *linkinfo[IFLA_INFO_MAX+1];
 	int err;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KMOD
 replay:
+#endif
 	err = nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(*ifm), tb, IFLA_MAX, ifla_policy);
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;