diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
index abf4b8b622b..c90d8f9294d 100644
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
@@ -1046,9 +1046,8 @@ perf_counter(_Py_clock_info_t *info)
         use_monotonic = 0;
         PyErr_Clear();
     }
-#else
-    return floattime(info);
 #endif
+    return floattime(info);
 
 #endif
 }