diff --git a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
index 7f5275cf6b28..9e45d1820eec 100644
--- a/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
+++ b/sys/kern/vfs_vnops.c
@@ -2371,13 +2371,11 @@ vn_rlimit_fsize(const struct vnode *vp, const struct uio *uio,
 	if ((uoff_t)uio->uio_offset + uio->uio_resid < lim)
 		return (0);
 
-#ifdef KTRACE
 	if (!ktr_write || ktr_filesize_limit_signal) {
 		PROC_LOCK(td->td_proc);
 		kern_psignal(td->td_proc, SIGXFSZ);
 		PROC_UNLOCK(td->td_proc);
 	}
-#endif
 	return (EFBIG);
 }
 
diff --git a/sys/sys/ktrace.h b/sys/sys/ktrace.h
index 5f8a782cd7e5..283a95c36d6c 100644
--- a/sys/sys/ktrace.h
+++ b/sys/sys/ktrace.h
@@ -308,8 +308,12 @@ void	ktrcapfail(enum ktr_cap_fail_type, const cap_rights_t *,
 #define ktrstat_error(s, error) \
 	ktrstruct_error("stat", (s), sizeof(struct stat), error)
 extern u_int ktr_geniosize;
+#ifdef	KTRACE
 extern int ktr_filesize_limit_signal;
 #else
+#define	ktr_filesize_limit_signal 0
+#endif
+#else
 
 #include <sys/cdefs.h>