diff --git a/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S b/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S
index 045454e2ed..2e0620e2da 100644
--- a/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S
+++ b/src/cpu/x86/lapic/secondary.S
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include <cpu/x86/mtrr.h>
 #include <cpu/x86/lapic_def.h>
 
+#if CONFIG_SMP && CONFIG_MAX_CPUS > 1
 	.text
 	.globl _secondary_start, _secondary_start_end
 	.balign 4096
@@ -62,3 +63,4 @@ __ap_protected_start:
 	jmp	1b
 
 .code32
+#endif