diff --git a/cpukit/sapi/include/confdefs.h b/cpukit/sapi/include/confdefs.h
index 5cba1a85b9..331e747fcc 100755
--- a/cpukit/sapi/include/confdefs.h
+++ b/cpukit/sapi/include/confdefs.h
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ extern rtems_initialization_tasks_table Initialization_tasks[];
     !defined(CONFIGURE_SCHEDULER_SIMPLE_SMP) && \
     !defined(CONFIGURE_SCHEDULER_EDF) && \
     !defined(CONFIGURE_SCHEDULER_CBS)
-  #if CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_PROCESSORS > 1
+  #if defined(RTEMS_SMP) && CONFIGURE_MAXIMUM_PROCESSORS > 1
     /**
      * If no scheduler is specified in an SMP configuration, the
      * priority scheduler is default.