1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
index 716118a3b3e4..b790673cb0aa 100644
--- a/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
+++ b/tools/perf/builtin-top.c
@@ -865,7 +865,7 @@ static int __cmd_top(void)
 {
         pthread_t thread;
         struct perf_evsel *first;
-        int ret;
+        int ret __used;
         /*
          * FIXME: perf_session__new should allow passing a O_MMAP, so that all this
          * mmap reading, etc is encapsulated in it. Use O_WRONLY for now.