diff --git a/drivers/char/random.c b/drivers/char/random.c
index ae81fc7d03dd..9febdf5eed96 100644
--- a/drivers/char/random.c
+++ b/drivers/char/random.c
@@ -801,7 +801,7 @@ static bool crng_init_try_arch(struct crng_state *crng)
 	return arch_init;
 }
 
-static void crng_initialize_secondary(struct crng_state *crng)
+static void __maybe_unused crng_initialize_secondary(struct crng_state *crng)
 {
 	memcpy(&crng->state[0], "expand 32-byte k", 16);
 	_get_random_bytes(&crng->state[4], sizeof(__u32) * 12);