diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
index 45a11864e5444..08eac92fc26cf 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/mellanox/mlx5/core/ipoib/ipoib.h
@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@
 #ifndef __MLX5E_IPOB_H__
 #define __MLX5E_IPOB_H__
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB
+
 #include <linux/mlx5/fs.h>
 #include "en.h"
 
@@ -120,4 +122,5 @@ netdev_tx_t mlx5i_sq_xmit(struct mlx5e_txqsq *sq, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			  struct mlx5_av *av, u32 dqpn, u32 dqkey);
 void mlx5i_handle_rx_cqe(struct mlx5e_rq *rq, struct mlx5_cqe64 *cqe);
 
+#endif /* CONFIG_MLX5_CORE_IPOIB */
 #endif /* __MLX5E_IPOB_H__ */