diff --git a/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c b/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
index ac3dfa4ca1d..1264eeaaf7b 100644
--- a/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
+++ b/sys/x86/x86/local_apic.c
@@ -932,9 +932,11 @@ native_lapic_enable_pmc(void)
 #ifdef HWPMC_HOOKS
 	u_int32_t maxlvt;
 
+#ifdef DEV_ATPIC
 	/* Fail if the local APIC is not present. */
 	if (!x2apic_mode && lapic_map == NULL)
 		return (0);
+#endif
 
 	/* Fail if the PMC LVT is not present. */
 	maxlvt = (lapic_read32(LAPIC_VERSION) & APIC_VER_MAXLVT) >> MAXLVTSHIFT;
@@ -971,9 +973,11 @@ native_lapic_disable_pmc(void)
 #ifdef HWPMC_HOOKS
 	u_int32_t maxlvt;
 
+#ifdef DEV_ATPIC
 	/* Fail if the local APIC is not present. */
 	if (!x2apic_mode && lapic_map == NULL)
 		return;
+#endif
 
 	/* Fail if the PMC LVT is not present. */
 	maxlvt = (lapic_read32(LAPIC_VERSION) & APIC_VER_MAXLVT) >> MAXLVTSHIFT;