diff --git a/include/qemu/compiler.h b/include/qemu/compiler.h
index 2f7998b..6175c24 100644
--- a/include/qemu/compiler.h
+++ b/include/qemu/compiler.h
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@
 #define cat(x,y) x ## y
 #define cat2(x,y) cat(x,y)
 #define QEMU_BUILD_BUG_ON(x) \
-    typedef char cat2(qemu_build_bug_on__,__LINE__)[(x)?-1:1];
+    typedef char cat2(qemu_build_bug_on__,__LINE__)[(x)?-1:1] __attribute__((unused));
 
 #if defined __GNUC__
 # if !QEMU_GNUC_PREREQ(4, 4)