diff --git a/src/util/virnetdevtap.c b/src/util/virnetdevtap.c
index fac95ecfff2b6e807d1965e7cafdc016f38d09a5..7d77f819fd4c61d49ba96e245a81468609e46b89 100644
--- a/src/util/virnetdevtap.c
+++ b/src/util/virnetdevtap.c
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  * Returns 0 if the interface name is successfully queried, -1 otherwise
  */
 int
-virNetDevTapGetName(int tapfd, char **ifname)
+virNetDevTapGetName(int tapfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED, char **ifname ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED)
 {
 #ifdef TUNGETIFF
     struct ifreq ifr;