diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
index affe760c8c224a3a0b009fcf54a4ef0139d229e4..376c79337a0e04f86796494565749b7b333ab1ff 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
@@ -2310,7 +2310,7 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_fw_restart_write(struct file *file,
 {
 	struct iwl_priv *priv = file->private_data;
 	bool restart_fw = iwlwifi_mod_params.restart_fw;
-	int ret;
+	int __maybe_unused ret;
 
 	iwlwifi_mod_params.restart_fw = true;