diff --git a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
index 98ab08c0aa2d..07541c5670e6 100644
--- a/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
+++ b/drivers/gpio/gpiolib.h
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ struct acpi_gpio_info {
 };
 
 /* gpio suffixes used for ACPI and device tree lookup */
-static const char * const gpio_suffixes[] = { "gpios", "gpio" };
+static __maybe_unused const char * const gpio_suffixes[] = { "gpios", "gpio" };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ACPI
 void acpi_gpiochip_add(struct gpio_chip *chip);