diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index 114adac5a9c83..9bad282e79509 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -1399,7 +1399,7 @@ void set_load_weight(struct task_struct *p, bool update_load)
  * requests are serialized using a mutex to reduce the risk of conflicting
  * updates or API abuses.
  */
-static DEFINE_MUTEX(uclamp_mutex);
+static __maybe_unused DEFINE_MUTEX(uclamp_mutex);
 
 /* Max allowed minimum utilization */
 static unsigned int __maybe_unused sysctl_sched_uclamp_util_min = SCHED_CAPACITY_SCALE;