diff --git a/tests/api.c b/tests/api.c
index c8ffaa12b..0d3e8e898 100644
--- a/tests/api.c
+++ b/tests/api.c
@@ -42305,11 +42305,13 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_SESSION(void)
     WOLFSSL_SESSION* sess;
     WOLFSSL_SESSION* sess_copy;
 #ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+#ifdef HAVE_EXT_CACHE
     unsigned char* sessDer = NULL;
     unsigned char* ptr     = NULL;
+    int sz;
+#endif
     const unsigned char context[] = "user app context";
     unsigned int contextSz = (unsigned int)sizeof(context);
-    int sz;
 #endif
     int ret, err;
     SOCKET_T sockfd;
@@ -42478,7 +42480,7 @@ static int test_wolfSSL_SESSION(void)
     sess_copy = NULL;
 #endif
 
-#ifdef OPENSSL_EXTRA
+#if defined(OPENSSL_EXTRA) && defined(HAVE_EXT_CACHE)
     /* get session from DER and update the timeout */
     AssertIntEQ(wolfSSL_i2d_SSL_SESSION(NULL, &sessDer), BAD_FUNC_ARG);
     AssertIntGT((sz = wolfSSL_i2d_SSL_SESSION(sess, &sessDer)), 0);