diff --git a/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c b/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c
index dff280fbb83b..f741657e7e7a 100644
--- a/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c
+++ b/hif/src/ce/ce_main.c
@@ -1176,7 +1176,7 @@ void free_mem_ce_debug_hist_data(struct hif_softc *scn, uint32_t ce_id)
  * Note: For MCL, #if defined (HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) needs to be checked
  * for defined here
  */
-#if HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
+#if defined(HIF_CONFIG_SLUB_DEBUG_ON) || HIF_CE_DEBUG_DATA_BUF
 /**
  * alloc_mem_ce_debug_history() - Allocate mem for the CE descriptors storing
  * @scn: hif scn handle