diff --git a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
index 7c0569296..a6d40a2d8 100644
--- a/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
+++ b/wolfcrypt/src/asn.c
@@ -5105,7 +5105,8 @@ static int DecodePolicyOID(char *out, word32 outSz, byte *in, word32 inSz)
     {
         word32 idx = 0;
         int total_length = 0, policy_length = 0, length = 0;
-    #if defined(WOLFSSL_CERT_EXT) && !defined(WOLFSSL_DUP_CERTPOL)
+    #if !defined(WOLFSSL_SEP) && defined(WOLFSSL_CERT_EXT) && \
+        !defined(WOLFSSL_DUP_CERTPOL)
         int i;
     #endif