diff --git a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
index dcad679b51..34f800ff26 100644
--- a/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
+++ b/tools/db_bench_tool.cc
@@ -1985,7 +1985,9 @@ class Benchmark {
   int64_t max_num_range_tombstones_;
   WriteOptions write_options_;
   Options open_options_;  // keep options around to properly destroy db later
+#ifndef ROCKSDB_LITE
   TraceOptions trace_options_;
+#endif
   int64_t reads_;
   int64_t deletes_;
   double read_random_exp_range_;