diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
index 07153092589..fb3dc4dfc22 100644
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
@@ -3954,7 +3954,9 @@ sosetopt(struct socket *so, struct sockopt *sopt)
 			}
 			if (error)
 				goto bad;
+#ifdef KTRACE
 			ktrsplice(&splice);
+#endif
 
 			error = splice_init();
 			if (error != 0)