diff --git a/src/event/modules/ngx_eventport_module.c b/src/event/modules/ngx_eventport_module.c
index 01cfc97ea..11ad0934e 100644
--- a/src/event/modules/ngx_eventport_module.c
+++ b/src/event/modules/ngx_eventport_module.c
@@ -250,9 +250,7 @@ ngx_eventport_init(ngx_cycle_t *cycle, ngx_msec_t timer)
 
         ngx_memzero(&sev, sizeof(struct sigevent));
         sev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_PORT;
-#if !(NGX_TEST_BUILD_EVENTPORT)
         sev.sigev_value.sival_ptr = &pn;
-#endif
 
         if (timer_create(CLOCK_REALTIME, &sev, &event_timer) == -1) {
             ngx_log_error(NGX_LOG_EMERG, cycle->log, ngx_errno,