diff --git a/fs/nfsd/export.c b/fs/nfsd/export.c
index 9d55512d0cc9..2a1499f2ad19 100644
--- a/fs/nfsd/export.c
+++ b/fs/nfsd/export.c
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ exp_rootfh(struct net *net, struct auth_domain *clp, char *name,
 {
 	struct svc_export	*exp;
 	struct path		path;
-	struct inode		*inode;
+	struct inode		*inode __maybe_unused;
 	struct svc_fh		fh;
 	int			err;
 	struct nfsd_net		*nn = net_generic(net, nfsd_net_id);