diff --git a/common/system_common.c b/common/system_common.c
index d77d82070e..7d05eb355d 100644
--- a/common/system_common.c
+++ b/common/system_common.c
@@ -302,7 +302,9 @@ static void jump_to_image(uint32_t init_addr)
 	 * EC is not in read-only firmware.  (This is not technically true if
 	 * jumping from RO -> RO, but that's not a meaningful use case...)
 	 */
+#ifdef GPIO_ENTERING_RW
 	gpio_set_level(GPIO_ENTERING_RW, 1);
+#endif
 
 	/* Flush UART output unless the UART hasn't been initialized yet */
 	if (uart_init_done())