diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
index 7d68428..1159fee 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-buildid-list.c
@@ -103,7 +103,8 @@
 	return perf_session__list_build_ids();
 }
 
-int cmd_buildid_list(int argc, const char **argv, const char *prefix __used)
+int cmd_buildid_list(int argc, const char **argv,
+		     const char *prefix __maybe_unused)
 {
 	argc = parse_options(argc, argv, options, buildid_list_usage, 0);
 	setup_pager();