diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h
index 59426a4595c9cb90bcb765843f89295bd20f6797..e847d23351eda71ada1bc200476ee7f427a4e8ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/flat.h
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 #define	flat_argvp_envp_on_stack()		1
 #define	flat_old_ram_flag(flags)		(flags)
 #define	flat_reloc_valid(reloc, size)		((reloc) <= (size))
-#define	flat_get_addr_from_rp(rp, relval, flags, persistent) get_unaligned(rp)
+#define	flat_get_addr_from_rp(rp, relval, flags, persistent) ((void)persistent,get_unaligned(rp))
 #define	flat_put_addr_at_rp(rp, val, relval)	put_unaligned(val,rp)
 #define	flat_get_relocate_addr(rel)		(rel)
 #define	flat_set_persistent(relval, p)		0