diff --git a/lib/dns/acl.c b/lib/dns/acl.c
index 1064bce9a4..64cc08a792 100644
--- a/lib/dns/acl.c
+++ b/lib/dns/acl.c
@@ -337,11 +337,13 @@ dns_acl_merge(dns_acl_t *dest, dns_acl_t *source, isc_boolean_t pos)
 				return result;
 		}
 
+#ifdef HAVE_GEOIP
 		/* Duplicate GeoIP data */
 		if (source->elements[i].type == dns_aclelementtype_geoip) {
 			dest->elements[nelem + i].geoip_elem =
 				source->elements[i].geoip_elem;
 		}
+#endif
 
 		/* reverse sense of positives if this is a negative acl */
 		if (!pos && source->elements[i].negative == ISC_FALSE) {