diff --git a/src/ebusd/network.cpp b/src/ebusd/network.cpp
index 710838df..f6b33098 100644
--- a/src/ebusd/network.cpp
+++ b/src/ebusd/network.cpp
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ void Network::run()
 	// set timeout
 	tdiff.tv_sec = 1;
 	tdiff.tv_nsec = 0;
-	int socketCount = m_httpServer ? 2 : 1;
 #ifdef HAVE_PPOLL
+	int socketCount = m_httpServer ? 2 : 1;
 	int nfds = 1+socketCount;
 	struct pollfd fds[nfds];