diff --git a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
index b3b7e3576e98..85e84138649b 100644
--- a/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
+++ b/fs/ubifs/ubifs.h
@@ -1593,8 +1593,13 @@ static inline int ubifs_check_hmac(const struct ubifs_info *c,
 	return crypto_memneq(expected, got, c->hmac_desc_len);
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_UBIFS_FS_AUTHENTICATION
 void ubifs_bad_hash(const struct ubifs_info *c, const void *node,
 		    const u8 *hash, int lnum, int offs);
+#else
+static inline void ubifs_bad_hash(const struct ubifs_info *c, const void *node,
+				  const u8 *hash, int lnum, int offs) {};
+#endif
 
 int __ubifs_node_check_hash(const struct ubifs_info *c, const void *buf,
 			  const u8 *expected);