diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/arm/shared/abort/simple_abort.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/arm/shared/abort/simple_abort.c
index 039d23b84e..4ac28a0bd1 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/arm/shared/abort/simple_abort.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/arm/shared/abort/simple_abort.c
@@ -157,6 +157,7 @@ void do_data_abort(
 
   /* disable interrupts, wait forever */
   rtems_interrupt_disable(level);
+  (void)level;
   while(1) {
     continue;
   }