diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
index 6a0184e9c234..ae2b12f68b90 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock_paravirt.h
@@ -294,8 +294,8 @@ static void pv_wait_node(struct mcs_spinlock *node, struct mcs_spinlock *prev)
 {
 	struct pv_node *pn = (struct pv_node *)node;
 	struct pv_node *pp = (struct pv_node *)prev;
+	bool __maybe_unused wait_early;
 	int loop;
-	bool wait_early;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		for (wait_early = false, loop = SPIN_THRESHOLD; loop; loop--) {