diff --git a/src/daemon/cpulimit.c b/src/daemon/cpulimit.c
index 3a9729750..0abbac023 100644
--- a/src/daemon/cpulimit.c
+++ b/src/daemon/cpulimit.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static void callback(pa_mainloop_api*m, pa_io_event*e, int fd, pa_io_event_flags
 
     pa_log("Received request to terminate due to CPU overload.");
 
-    pa_read(the_pipe[0], &c, sizeof(c), NULL);
+    (void) pa_read(the_pipe[0], &c, sizeof(c), NULL);
     m->quit(m, 1); /* Quit the main loop */
 }