diff --git a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c
index fe0855351..d0d54210e 100644
--- a/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c
+++ b/src/joystick/windows/SDL_rawinputjoystick.c
@@ -1112,7 +1112,9 @@ static int RAWINPUT_JoystickOpen(SDL_Joystick *joystick, int device_index)
 
     ctx->is_xinput = device->is_xinput;
     ctx->is_xboxone = device->is_xboxone;
+#ifdef SDL_JOYSTICK_RAWINPUT_MATCHING
     ctx->match_state = 0x0000008800000000ULL; /* Trigger axes at rest */
+#endif
     ctx->preparsed_data = device->preparsed_data;
     ctx->max_data_length = SDL_HidP_MaxDataListLength(HidP_Input, ctx->preparsed_data);
     ctx->data = (HIDP_DATA *)SDL_malloc(ctx->max_data_length * sizeof(*ctx->data));