diff --git a/include/linux/shdma-base.h b/include/linux/shdma-base.h
index 382cf710ca9a..5b1c9848124c 100644
--- a/include/linux/shdma-base.h
+++ b/include/linux/shdma-base.h
@@ -124,6 +124,10 @@ void shdma_chan_remove(struct shdma_chan *schan);
 int shdma_init(struct device *dev, struct shdma_dev *sdev,
 		    int chan_num);
 void shdma_cleanup(struct shdma_dev *sdev);
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SH_DMAE_BASE)
 bool shdma_chan_filter(struct dma_chan *chan, void *arg);
+#else
+#define shdma_chan_filter NULL
+#endif
 
 #endif