diff --git a/src/openvpn/pkcs11_openssl.c b/src/openvpn/pkcs11_openssl.c
index 7c07152c8a8..40080efaa0f 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/pkcs11_openssl.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/pkcs11_openssl.c
@@ -331,8 +331,7 @@ pkcs11_init_tls_session(pkcs11h_certificate_t certificate,
 
 #ifdef HAVE_XKEY_PROVIDER
     return (xkey_load_from_pkcs11h(certificate, ssl_ctx) == 0); /* inverts the return value */
-#endif
-
+#else
     int ret = 1;
 
     X509 *x509 = NULL;
@@ -402,6 +401,7 @@ pkcs11_init_tls_session(pkcs11h_certificate_t certificate,
         openssl_session = NULL;
     }
     return ret;
+#endif /* ifdef HAVE_XKEY_PROVIDER */
 }
 
 char *