diff --git a/src/symmetric.cc b/src/symmetric.cc
index f5b1e6c22d..95d782dd52 100644
--- a/src/symmetric.cc
+++ b/src/symmetric.cc
@@ -294,3 +294,9 @@ const char* ncclSymKernelIdToString(int kernelId) {
   }
   return kernelName[kernelId];
 }
+
+#ifndef GENERATE_SYM_KERNELS
+void* ncclSymGetKernelPtr(ncclSymKernelId kernelId, int/*ncclDevRedOp_t*/ red, ncclDataType_t ty) {
+  return nullptr;
+}
+#endif