diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/cop2.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/cop2.h
index 51f80bd36fcc457a46782bc4266241d4de34ee2c..63b3468ede4cb0e1a6de5ee85e3f50271df6f3ec 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/cop2.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/cop2.h
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ extern void nlm_cop2_restore(struct nlm_cop2_state *);
 
 #define cop2_present		1
 #define cop2_lazy_restore	1
-#define cop2_save(r)		do { (r); } while (0)
-#define cop2_restore(r)		do { (r); } while (0)
+#define cop2_save(r)		do { (void)(r); } while (0)
+#define cop2_restore(r)		do { (void)(r); } while (0)
 
 #else
 
 #define cop2_present		0
 #define cop2_lazy_restore	0
-#define cop2_save(r)		do { (r); } while (0)
-#define cop2_restore(r)		do { (r); } while (0)
+#define cop2_save(r)		do { (void)(r); } while (0)
+#define cop2_restore(r)		do { (void)(r); } while (0)
 #endif
 
 enum cu2_ops {