diff --git a/kernel/watchdog.c b/kernel/watchdog.c
index 25955235ecdd..e864906af3fc 100644
--- a/kernel/watchdog.c
+++ b/kernel/watchdog.c
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ static unsigned long soft_lockup_nmi_warn;
 #ifdef CONFIG_HARDLOCKUP_DETECTOR
 unsigned int __read_mostly hardlockup_panic =
 			CONFIG_BOOTPARAM_HARDLOCKUP_PANIC_VALUE;
-static unsigned long hardlockup_allcpu_dumped;
+static unsigned long __maybe_unused hardlockup_allcpu_dumped;
 /*
  * We may not want to enable hard lockup detection by default in all cases,
  * for example when running the kernel as a guest on a hypervisor. In these