diff --git a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
index 7fefcb5acfbf23bc5047f4c40db6fc2e89905f76..2b91b11513738a8a720b56d190ed57a64326f406 100644
--- a/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
+++ b/drivers/base/firmware_class.c
@@ -1247,6 +1247,9 @@ request_firmware_nowait(
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(request_firmware_nowait);
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
+static ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(fw_cache_domain);
+
 /**
  * cache_firmware - cache one firmware image in kernel memory space
  * @fw_name: the firmware image name
@@ -1307,9 +1310,6 @@ static int uncache_firmware(const char *fw_name)
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PM_SLEEP
-static ASYNC_DOMAIN_EXCLUSIVE(fw_cache_domain);
-
 static struct fw_cache_entry *alloc_fw_cache_entry(const char *name)
 {
 	struct fw_cache_entry *fce;