diff --git a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
index 5dd9b5ea314de756b4a54cbce0543e20a8033a84..2e2aa6c861071620d9c9dbf10164c8bfee31e1cf 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/cgroup.c
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void close_cgroup(struct cgroup_sel *cgrp)
 	}
 }
 
-int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt __maybe_unused, const char *str,
+int parse_cgroups(const struct option *opt, const char *str,
 		  int unset __maybe_unused)
 {
 	struct perf_evlist *evlist = *(struct perf_evlist **)opt->value;