diff --git a/mm/mm_heap/mm_malloc.c b/mm/mm_heap/mm_malloc.c
index 18fae3511b..dc201b16f5 100644
--- a/mm/mm_heap/mm_malloc.c
+++ b/mm/mm_heap/mm_malloc.c
@@ -359,7 +359,11 @@ FAR void *mm_malloc(FAR struct mm_heap_s *heap, size_t size)
 #  ifdef CONFIG_MM_DUMP_DETAILS_ON_FAILURE
       struct mm_memdump_s dump =
       {
+#if CONFIG_MM_BACKTRACE >= 0
         PID_MM_ALLOC, 0, ULONG_MAX
+#else
+        PID_MM_ALLOC
+#endif
       };
 #  endif
 #endif