diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svc.c b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
index dbf12ac..b1f5223 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svc.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svc.c
@@ -1047,7 +1047,7 @@ void svc_printk(struct svc_rqst *rqstp, const char *fmt, ...)
 {
 	struct va_format vaf;
 	va_list args;
-	char 	buf[RPC_MAX_ADDRBUFLEN];
+	char buf[RPC_MAX_ADDRBUFLEN] __maybe_unused;
 
 	va_start(args, fmt);
 
