diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/t32mppc/startup/bspstart.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/t32mppc/startup/bspstart.c
index 04241f83d4..3e766e1c57 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/t32mppc/startup/bspstart.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/t32mppc/startup/bspstart.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ void BSP_panic(char *s)
   rtems_interrupt_level level;
 
   rtems_interrupt_disable(level);
+  (void) level; /* avoid set but not used warning */
 
   printk("%s PANIC %s\n", rtems_get_version_string(), s);