diff --git a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_ipc.c b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_ipc.c
index e4d4dfe3e1d1b5950cd1723ea60e343a4d140875..bb792a52248b63d1c16a4fefc67a32de0e58101b 100644
--- a/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_ipc.c
+++ b/drivers/platform/x86/intel_pmc_ipc.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ static inline void ipc_data_writel(u32 data, u32 offset)
 	writel(data, ipcdev.ipc_base + IPC_WRITE_BUFFER + offset);
 }
 
-static inline u8 ipc_data_readb(u32 offset)
+static inline u8 __maybe_unused ipc_data_readb(u32 offset)
 {
 	return readb(ipcdev.ipc_base + IPC_READ_BUFFER + offset);
 }