diff --git a/include/linux/mmzone.h b/include/linux/mmzone.h
index 16532fa0bb64..fc14b8b3f6ce 100644
--- a/include/linux/mmzone.h
+++ b/include/linux/mmzone.h
@@ -1055,6 +1055,7 @@ static inline struct zoneref *first_zones_zonelist(struct zonelist *zonelist,
 	!defined(CONFIG_HAVE_MEMBLOCK_NODE_MAP)
 static inline unsigned long early_pfn_to_nid(unsigned long pfn)
 {
+	BUILD_BUG_ON(IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_NUMA));
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif