diff --git a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
index 6cc28642d4ed5f66398ca9346838726765a61a07..4bf445dbc52c8cc2bd1987077f47f96e85262b28 100644
--- a/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
+++ b/src/node_device/node_device_hal.c
@@ -463,7 +463,7 @@ static void dev_create(const char *udi)
         goto cleanup;
 
     /* Some devices don't have a path in sysfs, so ignore failure */
-    get_str_prop(ctx, udi, "linux.sysfs_path", &devicePath);
+    (void)get_str_prop(ctx, udi, "linux.sysfs_path", &devicePath);
 
     dev = virNodeDeviceAssignDef(&driverState->devs,
                                  def);