diff --git a/src/whisper.cpp b/src/whisper.cpp
index 0744dba1..0e72f875 100644
--- a/src/whisper.cpp
+++ b/src/whisper.cpp
@@ -1297,6 +1297,8 @@ static ggml_backend_t whisper_backend_init_gpu(const whisper_context_params & pa
     }
 #endif
 
+    GGML_UNUSED(params);
+
     return result;
 }