diff --git a/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c b/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c
index b59b9f2fa36..815854b3bb9 100644
--- a/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c
+++ b/drivers/mmcsd/mmcsd_sdio.c
@@ -3050,9 +3050,11 @@ static int mmcsd_probe(FAR struct mmcsd_state_s *priv)
               finfo("Capacity: %lu Kbytes\n", (unsigned long)(priv->capacity / 1024));
               priv->mediachanged = true;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_MMCSD_HAVECARDDETECT
               /* Set up to receive asynchronous, media removal events */
 
               SDIO_CALLBACKENABLE(priv->dev, SDIOMEDIA_EJECTED);
+#endif
             }
 
           /* REVISIT: There is a problem here.  If mmcsd_initialize() returns a