diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
index 38e0a1a5cec3..5e6e0bad6db6 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spu_syscalls.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_spu_run(int fd, __u32 __user *unpc, __u32 __user *ustatus)
 	return ret;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
 int elf_coredump_extra_notes_size(void)
 {
 	struct spufs_calls *calls;
@@ -142,6 +143,7 @@ int elf_coredump_extra_notes_write(struct coredump_params *cprm)
 
 	return ret;
 }
+#endif
 
 void notify_spus_active(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/Makefile
index b9d5d678aa44..52a7d2596d30 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,9 @@
 
 obj-$(CONFIG_SPU_FS) += spufs.o
-spufs-y += inode.o file.o context.o syscalls.o coredump.o
+spufs-y += inode.o file.o context.o syscalls.o
 spufs-y += sched.o backing_ops.o hw_ops.o run.o gang.o
 spufs-y += switch.o fault.o lscsa_alloc.o
+spufs-$(CONFIG_COREDUMP) += coredump.o
 
 # magic for the trace events
 CFLAGS_sched.o := -I$(src)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
index b045fdda4845..a87200a535fa 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/syscalls.c
@@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ static long do_spu_create(const char __user *pathname, unsigned int flags,
 struct spufs_calls spufs_calls = {
 	.create_thread = do_spu_create,
 	.spu_run = do_spu_run,
-	.coredump_extra_notes_size = spufs_coredump_extra_notes_size,
-	.coredump_extra_notes_write = spufs_coredump_extra_notes_write,
 	.notify_spus_active = do_notify_spus_active,
 	.owner = THIS_MODULE,
+#ifdef CONFIG_COREDUMP
+	.coredump_extra_notes_size = spufs_coredump_extra_notes_size,
+	.coredump_extra_notes_write = spufs_coredump_extra_notes_write,
+#endif
 };