diff --git a/ares/ares_free_errmem.c b/ares/ares_free_errmem.c
index b255d2365ff17ab3027f33e4e34bbf16b63dc94a..128407fb0684c1229466b20882bfb26e5c388dea 100644
--- a/ares/ares_free_errmem.c
+++ b/ares/ares_free_errmem.c
@@ -21,4 +21,5 @@
  */
 void ares_free_errmem(char *mem)
 {
+  (void)mem;
 }