diff --git a/lib/ssluse.c b/lib/ssluse.c
index 7419c4583389f5a5b427a59454c75e28b0880f00..8a6b49ae636534179b5caed063f328fdd7a7a038 100644
--- a/lib/ssluse.c
+++ b/lib/ssluse.c
@@ -1249,8 +1249,8 @@ Curl_SSLConnect(struct connectdata *conn,
 
   X509_free(connssl->server_cert);
 #else /* USE_SSLEAY */
-  /* this is for "-ansi -Wall -pedantic" to stop complaining!   (rabe) */
-  (void) conn;
+  (void)conn;
+  (void)sockindex;
 #endif
   return retcode;
 }