diff --git a/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c b/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c
index ebabd49855cd35a8767ece46d8439f0f67ffc424..4c286c5dc404cce95b52bdf59fce1a5ea54a62d2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c
+++ b/src/plugins/jobacct/aix/jobacct_aix.c
@@ -246,7 +246,9 @@ int jobacct_p_add_task(pid_t pid, uint16_t tid)
 
 struct jobacctinfo *jobacct_p_stat_task(pid_t pid)
 {
+#ifdef HAVE_AIX
 	_get_process_data();
+#endif
 	return common_stat_task(pid);
 }