diff --git a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
index a16eabdeafd1..b9bd1e8a3f07 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/rtl8723bs/core/rtw_mlme.c
@@ -1189,7 +1189,7 @@ static void rtw_joinbss_update_network(struct adapter *padapter, struct wlan_net
 /* define REJOIN */
 void rtw_joinbss_event_prehandle(struct adapter *adapter, u8 *pbuf)
 {
-	static u8 retry;
+	static u8 __maybe_unused retry;
 	struct sta_info *ptarget_sta = NULL, *pcur_sta = NULL;
 	struct	sta_priv *pstapriv = &adapter->stapriv;
 	struct	mlme_priv *pmlmepriv = &(adapter->mlmepriv);