diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index c979605fe806..d439c48ecf18 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -841,7 +841,7 @@ static struct task_struct *dup_task_struct(struct task_struct *orig, int node)
 {
 	struct task_struct *tsk;
 	unsigned long *stack;
-	struct vm_struct *stack_vm_area;
+	struct vm_struct *stack_vm_area __maybe_unused;
 	int err;
 
 	if (node == NUMA_NO_NODE)