diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c
index b46f2e09bd81..29df48f2b61a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/crash.c
@@ -447,7 +447,7 @@ void default_machine_crash_shutdown(struct pt_regs *regs)
 	crash_kexec_prepare_cpus(crashing_cpu);
 	cpu_set(crashing_cpu, cpus_in_crash);
 	crash_kexec_stop_spus();
-#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64
+#if defined(CONFIG_PPC_STD_MMU_64) && defined(CONFIG_SMP)
 	crash_kexec_wait_realmode(crashing_cpu);
 #endif
 	if (ppc_md.kexec_cpu_down)