1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
index d9f10f2fc372..5ed4c2ceb5ca 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/traps.c
@@ -900,14 +900,13 @@ void kernel_fp_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 
 void altivec_unavailable_exception(struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
-#if !defined(CONFIG_ALTIVEC)
         if (user_mode(regs)) {
                 /* A user program has executed an altivec instruction,
                    but this kernel doesn't support altivec. */
                 _exception(SIGILL, regs, ILL_ILLOPC, regs->nip);
                 return;
         }
-#endif
+
         printk(KERN_EMERG "Unrecoverable VMX/Altivec Unavailable Exception "
                         "%lx at %lx\n", regs->trap, regs->nip);
         die("Unrecoverable VMX/Altivec Unavailable Exception", regs, SIGABRT);