diff --git a/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c b/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c
index 5136d32bc9b9..55a90078dc66 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/debugfs.c
@@ -229,7 +229,6 @@ static void batadv_debug_log_cleanup(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 #else /* CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG */
 static int batadv_debug_log_setup(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 {
-	bat_priv->debug_log = NULL;
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
index 57714f83ede4..3d6816667bfc 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/soft-interface.c
@@ -493,7 +493,9 @@ struct net_device *batadv_softif_create(const char *name)
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->gw_bandwidth, 41);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->orig_interval, 1000);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->hop_penalty, 30);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->log_level, 0);
+#endif
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->fragmentation, 1);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->bcast_queue_left, BATADV_BCAST_QUEUE_LEN);
 	atomic_set(&bat_priv->batman_queue_left, BATADV_BATMAN_QUEUE_LEN);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/types.h b/net/batman-adv/types.h
index 441880a0caa7..d8061ac28409 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/types.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/types.h
@@ -284,12 +284,16 @@ struct batadv_priv {
 	atomic_t gw_bandwidth;		/* gw bandwidth */
 	atomic_t orig_interval;		/* uint */
 	atomic_t hop_penalty;		/* uint */
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG
 	atomic_t log_level;		/* uint */
+#endif
 	atomic_t bcast_seqno;
 	atomic_t bcast_queue_left;
 	atomic_t batman_queue_left;
 	char num_ifaces;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BATMAN_ADV_DEBUG
 	struct batadv_debug_log *debug_log;
+#endif
 	struct kobject *mesh_obj;
 	struct dentry *debug_dir;
 	struct hlist_head forw_bat_list;