diff --git a/sys/amd64/amd64/pmap.c b/sys/amd64/amd64/pmap.c
index 3215a7f8d55..896078f3c45 100644
--- a/sys/amd64/amd64/pmap.c
+++ b/sys/amd64/amd64/pmap.c
@@ -6839,7 +6839,6 @@ retry:
 	PMAP_UNLOCK(pmap);
 }
 
-#if VM_NRESERVLEVEL > 0
 static bool
 pmap_pde_ept_executable(pmap_t pmap, pd_entry_t pde)
 {
@@ -6849,6 +6848,7 @@ pmap_pde_ept_executable(pmap_t pmap, pd_entry_t pde)
 	return ((pde & EPT_PG_EXECUTE) != 0);
 }
 
+#if VM_NRESERVLEVEL > 0
 /*
  * Tries to promote the 512, contiguous 4KB page mappings that are within a
  * single page table page (PTP) to a single 2MB page mapping.  For promotion