diff --git a/scripts/sorttable.c b/scripts/sorttable.c
index d8dc2a1b7c31..d7b50581c732 100644
--- a/scripts/sorttable.c
+++ b/scripts/sorttable.c
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ static inline void *get_index(void *start, int entsize, int index)
 }
 
 static int extable_ent_size;
-static int long_size;
+static int long_size __maybe_unused;
 
 #define ERRSTR_MAXSZ	256