diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 774cb435c7d8..3de5aa210feb 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -1044,8 +1044,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 	int (*notifier)(void *priv);
 	void *notifier_data;
 	sigset_t *notifier_mask;
-	
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
 	void *security;
+#endif
 	struct audit_context *audit_context;
 	seccomp_t seccomp;
 
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 3e764f6f2be1..490495a39c7e 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -1079,7 +1079,9 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(unsigned long clone_flags,
 	do_posix_clock_monotonic_gettime(&p->start_time);
 	p->real_start_time = p->start_time;
 	monotonic_to_bootbased(&p->real_start_time);
+#ifdef CONFIG_SECURITY
 	p->security = NULL;
+#endif
 	p->io_context = NULL;
 	p->io_wait = NULL;
 	p->audit_context = NULL;