diff --git a/include/linux/frontswap.h b/include/linux/frontswap.h
index c46d2aa16d81..1d18af034554 100644
--- a/include/linux/frontswap.h
+++ b/include/linux/frontswap.h
@@ -106,8 +106,9 @@ static inline void frontswap_invalidate_area(unsigned type)
 
 static inline void frontswap_init(unsigned type, unsigned long *map)
 {
-	if (frontswap_enabled())
-		__frontswap_init(type, map);
+#ifdef CONFIG_FRONTSWAP
+	__frontswap_init(type, map);
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_FRONTSWAP_H */