diff --git a/src/include/sof/trace/preproc.h b/src/include/sof/trace/preproc.h
index 17a7994fc..acc200862 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/trace/preproc.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/trace/preproc.h
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@
 		return_t META_CONCAT(prefix, postfix) (args)
 
 /* counteract compiler warning about unused variables */
-#define UNUSED(arg1, ...) do { META_RECURSE( \
+#define SOF_TRACE_UNUSED(arg1, ...) do { META_RECURSE( \
 	META_MAP_AGGREGATE(1, _META_VOID2, _META_VOID(arg1), __VA_ARGS__)); \
 	} while (0)
 
diff --git a/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h b/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
index 737f9913c..d1beb48d8 100644
--- a/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
+++ b/src/include/sof/trace/trace.h
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static inline struct trace *trace_get(void)
 
 /* Silences compiler warnings about unused variables */
 #define trace_unused(class, ctx, id_1, id_2, format, ...) \
-	UNUSED(ctx, id_1, id_2, ##__VA_ARGS__)
+	SOF_TRACE_UNUSED(ctx, id_1, id_2, ##__VA_ARGS__)
 
 struct trace_filter {
 	uint32_t uuid_id;	/**< type id, or 0 when not important */