diff --git a/include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h b/include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h
index fefb5292403bc96b1481edbbbd249da939d9fb2a..be0afe6f379ba7bde2c6a893de45179ff68d3bf9 100644
--- a/include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/vmw_vmci_defs.h
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static inline bool vmci_handle_is_invalid(struct vmci_handle h)
  */
 #define VMCI_ANON_SRC_CONTEXT_ID   VMCI_INVALID_ID
 #define VMCI_ANON_SRC_RESOURCE_ID  VMCI_INVALID_ID
-static const struct vmci_handle VMCI_ANON_SRC_HANDLE = {
+static const struct vmci_handle __maybe_unused VMCI_ANON_SRC_HANDLE = {
 	.context = VMCI_ANON_SRC_CONTEXT_ID,
 	.resource = VMCI_ANON_SRC_RESOURCE_ID
 };