diff --git a/src/sdl/i_system.c b/src/sdl/i_system.c
index 7b64d6fff8a5e825c6463229cb64ecaba311254b..23b82da7394b92389a1737e1e127e6f1591d43e9 100644
--- a/src/sdl/i_system.c
+++ b/src/sdl/i_system.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ static void write_backtrace(INT32 signal)
 	backtrace_symbols_fd(array, size, STDERR_FILENO);
 
 	CRASHLOG_WRITE("\n"); // Write another newline to the log so it looks nice :)
-
+	(void)junk;
 	close(fd);
 }
 #undef STDERR_WRITE