diff --git a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
index a5006a58e0db..f79f932bca14 100644
--- a/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
+++ b/drivers/watchdog/hpwdt.c
@@ -20,7 +20,9 @@
 #include <linux/pci_ids.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
 #include <linux/watchdog.h>
+#ifdef CONFIG_HPWDT_NMI_DECODING
 #include <asm/nmi.h>
+#endif
 #include <linux/crash_dump.h>
 
 #define HPWDT_VERSION			"2.0.4"