diff --git a/libdm/libdm-common.c b/libdm/libdm-common.c
index 6ab3172e0..6d8bcbd8a 100644
--- a/libdm/libdm-common.c
+++ b/libdm/libdm-common.c
@@ -387,10 +387,10 @@ int dm_task_add_target(struct dm_task *dmt, uint64_t start, uint64_t size,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 static int _selabel_lookup(const char *path, mode_t mode,
 			   security_context_t *scontext)
 {
-#ifdef HAVE_SELINUX
 #ifdef HAVE_SELINUX_LABEL_H
 	if (!_selabel_handle &&
 	    !(_selabel_handle = selabel_open(SELABEL_CTX_FILE, NULL, 0))) {
@@ -407,10 +407,10 @@ static int _selabel_lookup(const char *path, mode_t mode,
 		log_error("matchpathcon failed: %s", strerror(errno));
 		return 0;
 	}
-#endif
 #endif
 	return 1;
 }
+#endif
 
 int dm_prepare_selinux_context(const char *path, mode_t mode)
 {