diff --git a/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_strings.c b/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_strings.c
index 03261ed2d99..887d2271dc1 100644
--- a/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_strings.c
+++ b/src/gallium/auxiliary/tgsi/tgsi_strings.c
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@ const char *tgsi_memory_names[4] =
 };
 
 
-static inline void
+UNUSED static inline void
 tgsi_strings_check(void)
 {
    STATIC_ASSERT(ARRAY_SIZE(tgsi_semantic_names) == TGSI_SEMANTIC_COUNT);