diff --git a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
index 0777725085df..10b1990bc1f6 100644
--- a/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
+++ b/include/drm/drm_atomic.h
@@ -1022,6 +1022,7 @@ void drm_state_dump(struct drm_device *dev, struct drm_printer *p);
 	for ((__i) = 0; \
 	     (__i) < (__state)->num_private_objs && \
 		     ((obj) = (__state)->private_objs[__i].ptr, \
+		      (void)(obj) /* Only to avoid unused-but-set-variable warning */, \
 		      (new_obj_state) = (__state)->private_objs[__i].new_state, 1); \
 	     (__i)++)