diff --git a/wolfssl/internal.h b/wolfssl/internal.h
index cc9ae816a..212986e9a 100644
--- a/wolfssl/internal.h
+++ b/wolfssl/internal.h
@@ -6806,7 +6806,7 @@ WOLFSSL_LOCAL word32 MacSize(const WOLFSSL* ssl);
     WOLFSSL_LOCAL int DoClientHelloStateless(WOLFSSL* ssl,
             const byte* input, word32 helloSz, byte isFirstCHFrag, byte* tls13);
 #endif /* !defined(NO_WOLFSSL_SERVER) */
-#if !defined(WOLFCRYPT_ONLY) && \
+#if !defined(WOLFCRYPT_ONLY) && !defined(WOLFSSL_NO_SOCK) && \
     (defined(USE_WOLFSSL_IO) || defined(WOLFSSL_USER_IO))
     WOLFSSL_LOCAL int sockAddrEqual(SOCKADDR_S *a, XSOCKLENT aLen,
                                     SOCKADDR_S *b, XSOCKLENT bLen);