diff --git a/examples/nimble_gatt/main.c b/examples/nimble_gatt/main.c
index e7f0371d28..78b0ac7fb4 100644
--- a/examples/nimble_gatt/main.c
+++ b/examples/nimble_gatt/main.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ int main(void)
     puts("NimBLE GATT Server Example");
 
     int rc = 0;
+    (void)rc;
 
     /* verify and add our custom services */
     rc = ble_gatts_count_cfg(gatt_svr_svcs);