diff --git a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c
index 04b3e8abca2..d1d8c4fa2e0 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c
+++ b/source/blender/blenlib/intern/storage.c
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ eFileAttributes BLI_file_attributes(const char *path)
 #endif
 
 #ifdef __linux__
+  UNUSED_VARS(path);
 
   /* TODO:
    * If Immutable set FILE_ATTR_READONLY