diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c
index 7b7d2a146e3020a286da8f7acc9a97d005142ce8..a260cd5032005bcbf520e98f8be188750c987439 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/intel/iwlwifi/mvm/debugfs.c
@@ -798,7 +798,7 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_drv_rx_stats_read(struct file *file,
 static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_fw_restart_write(struct iwl_mvm *mvm, char *buf,
 					  size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int __maybe_unused ret;
 
 	mutex_lock(&mvm->mutex);