diff --git a/lib/debugobjects.c b/lib/debugobjects.c
index 105ecfc47d8c..994be4805cec 100644
--- a/lib/debugobjects.c
+++ b/lib/debugobjects.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ static int			obj_nr_tofree;
 static struct kmem_cache	*obj_cache;
 
 static int			debug_objects_maxchain __read_mostly;
-static int			debug_objects_maxchecked __read_mostly;
+static int __maybe_unused	debug_objects_maxchecked __read_mostly;
 static int			debug_objects_fixups __read_mostly;
 static int			debug_objects_warnings __read_mostly;
 static int			debug_objects_enabled __read_mostly