drivers/hid/hid-core.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
index 538ff697a4cf..41c88c50a96b 100644
--- a/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
+++ b/drivers/hid/hid-core.c
@@ -821,7 +821,8 @@ static int hid_scan_report(struct hid_device *hid)
 	case USB_VENDOR_ID_SYNAPTICS:
 		if (hid->group == HID_GROUP_GENERIC ||
 		    hid->group == HID_GROUP_MULTITOUCH_WIN_8)
-			if ((parser->scan_flags & HID_SCAN_FLAG_VENDOR_SPECIFIC)
+			if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HID_RMI)
+			    && (parser->scan_flags & HID_SCAN_FLAG_VENDOR_SPECIFIC)
 			    && (parser->scan_flags & HID_SCAN_FLAG_GD_POINTER))
 				/*
 				 * hid-rmi should take care of them,