diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
index fd529c6c108b..f0ba854f0045 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/armv8_deprecated.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ struct insn_emulation {
 
 #define	ARM_OPCODE_CONDITION_UNCOND	0xf
 
-static unsigned int aarch32_check_condition(u32 opcode, u32 psr)
+static unsigned int __maybe_unused aarch32_check_condition(u32 opcode, u32 psr)
 {
 	u32 cc_bits  = opcode >> 28;