diff --git a/net/ipfilter/ipfilter.c b/net/ipfilter/ipfilter.c
index 56b67bcaca..8e6ef01c07 100644
--- a/net/ipfilter/ipfilter.c
+++ b/net/ipfilter/ipfilter.c
@@ -498,8 +498,9 @@ int ipv4_filter_in(FAR struct net_driver_s *dev)
   if (ret == IPFILTER_TARGET_REJECT)
     {
       /* TODO: Support more --reject-with types later. */
-
+#if defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP) && !defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP_NO_STACK)
       icmp_reply(dev, ICMP_DEST_UNREACHABLE, ICMP_NET_UNREACH);
+#endif
     }
 
   return ret;
@@ -567,7 +568,9 @@ void ipfilter_out(FAR struct net_driver_s *dev)
 
       if (ret == IPFILTER_TARGET_REJECT)
         {
+#if defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP) && !defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP_NO_STACK)
           icmp_reply(dev, ICMP_DEST_UNREACHABLE, ICMP_NET_UNREACH);
+#endif
         }
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/ipforward/ipv4_forward.c b/net/ipforward/ipv4_forward.c
index 2930defa44..b3333d7bf2 100644
--- a/net/ipforward/ipv4_forward.c
+++ b/net/ipforward/ipv4_forward.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ int ipv4_forward(FAR struct net_driver_s *dev, FAR struct ipv4_hdr_s *ipv4)
   in_addr_t srcipaddr;
   FAR struct net_driver_s *fwddev;
   int ret;
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_ICMP
+#if defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP) && !defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP_NO_STACK)
   int icmp_reply_type;
   int icmp_reply_code;
 #endif /* CONFIG_NET_ICMP */
@@ -526,7 +526,7 @@ int ipv4_forward(FAR struct net_driver_s *dev, FAR struct ipv4_hdr_s *ipv4)
 drop:
   ipv4_dropstats(ipv4);
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_ICMP
+#if defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP) && !defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP_NO_STACK)
   /* Reply ICMP to the sender for particular errors. */
 
   switch (ret)
@@ -554,7 +554,7 @@ drop:
   dev->d_len = 0;
   return ret;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_ICMP
+#if defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP) && !defined(CONFIG_NET_ICMP_NO_STACK)
 reply:
 #  ifdef CONFIG_NET_NAT44
   /* Before we reply ICMP, call NAT outbound to try to translate destination