diff --git a/libraries/libldap/util-int.c b/libraries/libldap/util-int.c
index ffd2214081..00faaca7d5 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/util-int.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/util-int.c
@@ -95,7 +95,9 @@ char *ldap_pvt_ctime( const time_t *tp, char *buf )
 #define BUFSTART 1024
 #define BUFMAX (32*1024)
 
+#if defined( NEED_SAFE_REALLOC )
 static char *safe_realloc( char **buf, int len );
+#endif
 
 #if !defined(HAVE_GETHOSTBYNAME_R) && defined(LDAP_R_COMPILE)
 static int copy_hostent( struct hostent *res, char **buf, struct hostent * src );