diff --git a/config/kernel-add-disk.m4 b/config/kernel-add-disk.m4
index 44a8a5fd25b6..86d81ea325b9 100644
--- a/config/kernel-add-disk.m4
+++ b/config/kernel-add-disk.m4
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([ZFS_AC_KERNEL_SRC_ADD_DISK], [
 		#include <linux/blkdev.h>
 	], [
 		struct gendisk *disk = NULL;
-		int err = add_disk(disk);
-		err = err;
+		int error __attribute__ ((unused)) = add_disk(disk);
 	])
 ])
 
diff --git a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_xattr.c b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
index e088db5d29cf..bd5d5803fb00 100644
--- a/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
+++ b/module/os/linux/zfs/zpl_xattr.c
@@ -1414,7 +1414,9 @@ zpl_xattr_handler(const char *name)
 	return (NULL);
 }
 
-#if !defined(HAVE_POSIX_ACL_RELEASE) || defined(HAVE_POSIX_ACL_RELEASE_GPL_ONLY)
+#if defined(CONFIG_FS_POSIX_ACL) && \
+	(!defined(HAVE_POSIX_ACL_RELEASE) || \
+		defined(HAVE_POSIX_ACL_RELEASE_GPL_ONLY))
 struct acl_rel_struct {
 	struct acl_rel_struct *next;
 	struct posix_acl *acl;