--- a/xmlreader.c
+++ b/xmlreader.c
@@ -2262,8 +2262,10 @@ xmlFreeTextReader(xmlTextReaderPtr reader) {
 	    reader->dict = NULL;
 	if ((reader->ctxt->vctxt.vstateTab != NULL) &&
 	    (reader->ctxt->vctxt.vstateMax > 0)){
+#ifdef LIBXML_REGEXP_ENABLED
             while (reader->ctxt->vctxt.vstateNr > 0)
                 xmlValidatePopElement(&reader->ctxt->vctxt, NULL, NULL, NULL);
+#endif /* LIBXML_REGEXP_ENABLED */
 	    xmlFree(reader->ctxt->vctxt.vstateTab);
 	    reader->ctxt->vctxt.vstateTab = NULL;
 	    reader->ctxt->vctxt.vstateMax = 0;