diff --git a/tools/perf/util/hist.h b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
index 1278c2c72a96794601d1e6676817ace8c9557cd3..8b091a51e4a265361f6dc0cdab2b93567bf79943 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/hist.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/hist.h
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ static inline int hist_entry__tui_annotate(struct hist_entry *self
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline int script_browse(const char *script_opt)
+static inline int script_browse(const char *script_opt __maybe_unused)
 {
 	return 0;
 }