diff --git a/kernel/ksud.c b/kernel/ksud.c
index 9e47ba9c..e62a6675 100644
--- a/kernel/ksud.c
+++ b/kernel/ksud.c
@@ -637,7 +637,7 @@ __maybe_unused int ksu_handle_execve_ksud(const char __user *filename_user,
 
 #if LINUX_VERSION_CODE < KERNEL_VERSION(4, 14, 0)
 #include "objsec.h" // task_security_struct
-bool is_ksu_transition(const struct task_security_struct *old_tsec,
+bool __maybe_unused is_ksu_transition(const struct task_security_struct *old_tsec,
 			const struct task_security_struct *new_tsec)
 {
 	static u32 ksu_sid;