diff --git a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
index c18257b0fa72..6dd4787a798a 100644
--- a/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
+++ b/include/linux/dynamic_debug.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ int __dynamic_netdev_dbg(struct _ddebug *descriptor,
 			 const char *fmt, ...);
 
 #define DEFINE_DYNAMIC_DEBUG_METADATA(name, fmt)		\
-	static struct _ddebug __used __aligned(8)		\
+	static struct _ddebug  __aligned(8)			\
 	__attribute__((section("__verbose"))) name = {		\
 		.modname = KBUILD_MODNAME,			\
 		.function = __func__,				\