diff --git a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h
index af09943f38c9b39d38846c003989fe5111c62ccb..5b13e293cade71dc155ad19d322239f8553555dd 100644
--- a/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h
+++ b/drivers/iio/accel/st_accel.h
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ enum st_accel_type {
 * struct st_sensors_platform_data - default accel platform data
 * @drdy_int_pin: default accel DRDY is available on INT1 pin.
 */
-static const struct st_sensors_platform_data default_accel_pdata = {
+static __maybe_unused const struct st_sensors_platform_data default_accel_pdata = {
 	.drdy_int_pin = 1,
 };