diff --git a/bgpd/bgp_packet.c b/bgpd/bgp_packet.c
index de7df1d47f..655a4745cb 100644
--- a/bgpd/bgp_packet.c
+++ b/bgpd/bgp_packet.c
@@ -2306,6 +2306,7 @@ int bgp_process_packet(struct thread *thread)
 		default:
 			/* Suppress uninitialized variable warning */
 			mprc = 0;
+			(void)mprc;
 			/*
 			 * The message type should have been sanitized before
 			 * we ever got here. Receipt of a message with an