diff --git a/testsuites/validation/tx-thread-queue.c b/testsuites/validation/tx-thread-queue.c
index 9d930c52dc..23e9878b90 100644
--- a/testsuites/validation/tx-thread-queue.c
+++ b/testsuites/validation/tx-thread-queue.c
@@ -285,10 +285,20 @@ static void ThreadQueueDeadlock(
   longjmp( ctx->before_enqueue, 1 );
 }
 
+/*
+ * This warning flags when the caller of setjmp() is assuming a local
+ * variable survives the longjmp() back. In this specific case, this
+ * assumption is OK because it never returns from the thread body and
+ * the variable "events" is preserved.
+ */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wclobbered"
+
 static void Worker( rtems_task_argument arg, TQWorkerKind worker )
 {
   TQContext *ctx;
 
+
   ctx = (TQContext *) arg;
 
   while ( true ) {
@@ -445,6 +455,8 @@ static void Worker( rtems_task_argument arg, TQWorkerKind worker )
   }
 }
 
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+
 static void BlockerA( rtems_task_argument arg )
 {
   Worker( arg, TQ_BLOCKER_A );