diff --git a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_module.c b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_module.c
index 5f2ea02a95..0bf8bb8171 100644
--- a/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_module.c
+++ b/legacy/eina/src/lib/eina_module.c
@@ -450,11 +450,11 @@ EAPI const char * eina_module_file_get(const Eina_Module *m)
 
 EAPI char *eina_module_symbol_path_get(const void *symbol, const char *sub_dir)
 {
-   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(symbol, NULL);
-
 #ifdef HAVE_DLADDR
    Dl_info eina_dl;
 
+   EINA_SAFETY_ON_NULL_RETURN_VAL(symbol, NULL);
+
    if (dladdr(symbol, &eina_dl))
      {
 	if (strrchr(eina_dl.dli_fname, '/'))