diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
index 6ca076660de5..b27b2645eb3c 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-stat.c
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ static int __run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
 }
 
-static int run_perf_stat(int argc __maybe_unused, const char **argv)
+static int run_perf_stat(int argc, const char **argv)
 {
 	int ret;