diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
index 2b4ef2b89b8d74b376a2011b5455039fd3730e20..8ff33441d8a214259bd2c718ddb4735874dd2fc5 100644
--- a/block/blktrace.c
+++ b/block/blktrace.c
@@ -450,8 +450,10 @@ int blk_trace_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, unsigned cmd, char __user *arg)
  **/
 void blk_trace_shutdown(request_queue_t *q)
 {
-	blk_trace_startstop(q, 0);
-	blk_trace_remove(q);
+	if (q->blk_trace) {
+		blk_trace_startstop(q, 0);
+		blk_trace_remove(q);
+	}
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/block/ll_rw_blk.c b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
index 9c3a06bcb7ba97b02d12de6638944ac79e33baa2..51dc0edf76e0281f52e53da15576e4ffa62b0eab 100644
--- a/block/ll_rw_blk.c
+++ b/block/ll_rw_blk.c
@@ -1847,8 +1847,7 @@ static void blk_release_queue(struct kobject *kobj)
 	if (q->queue_tags)
 		__blk_queue_free_tags(q);
 
-	if (q->blk_trace)
-		blk_trace_shutdown(q);
+	blk_trace_shutdown(q);
 
 	kmem_cache_free(requestq_cachep, q);
 }
diff --git a/include/linux/blkdev.h b/include/linux/blkdev.h
index c773ee545ebd046a7256c3c13a44a1bb894760b2..cfde8b3ee9199293b17c883bd7a2292ecbad44c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/blkdev.h
+++ b/include/linux/blkdev.h
@@ -417,9 +417,9 @@ struct request_queue
 	unsigned int		sg_timeout;
 	unsigned int		sg_reserved_size;
 	int			node;
-
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 	struct blk_trace	*blk_trace;
-
+#endif
 	/*
 	 * reserved for flush operations
 	 */
diff --git a/include/linux/sched.h b/include/linux/sched.h
index 27122575d9026d13630dac584e6b4e9becc86e55..3696f2f7126d60fb54c907a77b945c846aaaacd0 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched.h
@@ -784,8 +784,9 @@ struct task_struct {
 	struct prio_array *array;
 
 	unsigned short ioprio;
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 	unsigned int btrace_seq;
-
+#endif
 	unsigned long sleep_avg;
 	unsigned long long timestamp, last_ran;
 	unsigned long long sched_time; /* sched_clock time spent running */
diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 802b1cf0e63f322b4197e68111bca1a22b2800e1..bca6ce6d3ded7f2ef5c4048296ce13aa5d554bcc 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig)
 	/* One for us, one for whoever does the "release_task()" (usually parent) */
 	atomic_set(&tsk->usage,2);
 	atomic_set(&tsk->fs_excl, 0);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE
 	tsk->btrace_seq = 0;
+#endif
 	tsk->splice_pipe = NULL;
 	return tsk;
 }