diff --git a/fs/ext4/extents.c b/fs/ext4/extents.c
index 7b4b0c0110ac..2f711cc3cdce 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/extents.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/extents.c
@@ -3813,9 +3813,7 @@ ext4_ext_handle_unwritten_extents(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode,
 			struct ext4_ext_path **ppath, int flags,
 			unsigned int allocated, ext4_fsblk_t newblock)
 {
-#ifdef EXT_DEBUG
-	struct ext4_ext_path *path = *ppath;
-#endif
+	struct ext4_ext_path __maybe_unused *path = *ppath;
 	int ret = 0;
 	int err = 0;