diff --git a/testsuite/testutils.c b/testsuite/testutils.c
index 1a8d10a9f9f56e65c613c85d0da2fac0eefbaf70..4c9e4768cf50d6a8c18ea79d03e747c65b4907da 100644
--- a/testsuite/testutils.c
+++ b/testsuite/testutils.c
@@ -123,9 +123,9 @@ print_hex(size_t length, const uint8_t *data)
 }
 
 int verbose = 0;
+int test_side_channel = 0;
 
 #if HAVE_VALGRIND_MEMCHECK_H
-int test_side_channel = 0;
 
 void
 mark_bytes_undefined (size_t size, const void *p)