diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
index a2e5dc7716e2..5ace833de746 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vhost.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,7 @@ static bool vq_access_ok(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq, unsigned int num,
 			 struct vring_used __user *used)
 
 {
-	size_t s = vhost_has_feature(vq, VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX) ? 2 : 0;
+	size_t s __maybe_unused = vhost_has_feature(vq, VIRTIO_RING_F_EVENT_IDX) ? 2 : 0;
 
 	return access_ok(desc, num * sizeof *desc) &&
 	       access_ok(avail,