diff --git a/src/drivers/display/st_ltdc/lv_st_ltdc.c b/src/drivers/display/st_ltdc/lv_st_ltdc.c
index 20f89e4294..c162a840fe 100644
--- a/src/drivers/display/st_ltdc/lv_st_ltdc.c
+++ b/src/drivers/display/st_ltdc/lv_st_ltdc.c
@@ -211,10 +211,15 @@ static void flush_cb(lv_display_t * disp, const lv_area_t * area, uint8_t * px_m
 #endif
         }
         else {
+#if LV_USE_DRAW_SW
             uint32_t area_stride = px_size * area_width;
             lv_draw_sw_rotate(px_map, first_pixel, area_width, area_height, area_stride, fb_stride, rotation, cf);
             clean_dcache();
             g_data.disp_flushed_in_flush_cb[layer_idx] = true;
+#else
+            LV_LOG_WARN("LV_USE_DRAW_SW needs to be enabled to rotate the display's content");
+            g_data.disp_flushed_in_flush_cb[layer_idx] = true;
+#endif
         }
     }
 }