diff --git a/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.cc b/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.cc
index b425d6bac69..b0b4027ce5f 100644
--- a/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.cc
+++ b/storage/tokudb/ha_tokudb.cc
@@ -6614,9 +6614,11 @@ void ha_tokudb::update_create_info(HA_CREATE_INFO* create_info) {
         // show create table asks us to update this create_info, this makes it
         // so we'll always show what compression type we're using
         create_info->row_type = get_row_type();
+#if TOKU_INCLUDE_ROW_TYPE_COMPRESSION
         if (create_info->row_type == ROW_TYPE_TOKU_ZLIB && THDVAR(ha_thd(), hide_default_row_format) != 0) {
             create_info->row_type = ROW_TYPE_DEFAULT;
         }
+#endif
     }
 }