diff --git a/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c b/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c
index aa376b59c006227f0f9be4a6349abb8ac4dff6d5..5145b663ef6ee831765b45ace9fe8f482e6a5fe9 100644
--- a/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c
+++ b/sound/pci/hda/patch_sigmatel.c
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ static int stac92xx_smux_enum_put(struct snd_kcontrol *kcontrol,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_SND_HDA_POWER_SAVE
 static int stac_vrefout_set(struct hda_codec *codec,
 					hda_nid_t nid, unsigned int new_vref)
 {
@@ -696,6 +697,7 @@ static int stac_vrefout_set(struct hda_codec *codec,
 
 	return 1;
 }
+#endif
 
 static unsigned int stac92xx_vref_set(struct hda_codec *codec,
 					hda_nid_t nid, unsigned int new_vref)