diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
index c00189432b5865..3a9bd8e4d8dbc1 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/i915/gvt/scheduler.c
@@ -876,7 +876,7 @@ static void update_guest_pdps(struct intel_vgpu *vgpu,
 				gpa + i * 8, &pdp[7 - i], 4);
 }
 
-static bool
+static __maybe_unused bool
 check_shadow_context_ppgtt(struct execlist_ring_context *c, struct intel_vgpu_mm *m)
 {
 	if (m->ppgtt_mm.root_entry_type == GTT_TYPE_PPGTT_ROOT_L4_ENTRY) {