diff --git a/sys/net/if_infiniband.c b/sys/net/if_infiniband.c
--- a/sys/net/if_infiniband.c
+++ b/sys/net/if_infiniband.c
@@ -294,9 +294,7 @@
 {
 	uint8_t linkhdr[INFINIBAND_HDR_LEN];
 	uint8_t *phdr;
-#if defined(INET) || defined(INET6)
 	struct llentry *lle = NULL;
-#endif
 	struct infiniband_header *ih;
 	int error = 0;
 	int hlen;	/* link layer header length */