diff --git a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
index a3779f180..c94b28045 100644
--- a/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
+++ b/ggml/src/ggml-sycl/ggml-sycl.cpp
@@ -3787,6 +3787,7 @@ static void ggml_sycl_cpy(ggml_backend_sycl_context & ctx, const ggml_tensor *sr
                 ggml_type_name(src0->type), ggml_type_name(src1->type));
         GGML_ABORT("fatal error");
     }
+    GGML_UNUSED(dst);
 }
 catch (sycl::exception const &exc) {
   std::cerr << exc.what() << "Exception caught at file:" << __FILE__