diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index d5b640ba6cb1a30ab06adc214e76ae37f2b1ec75..b2fae009a4b7a65c225bf109453fe316baa09166 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ static int load_elf_binary(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	unsigned long elf_entry;
 	unsigned long interp_load_addr = 0;
 	unsigned long start_code, end_code, start_data, end_data;
-	unsigned long reloc_func_desc = 0;
+	unsigned long reloc_func_desc __maybe_unused = 0;
 	int executable_stack = EXSTACK_DEFAULT;
 	unsigned long def_flags = 0;
 	struct {