1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/cpp/src/IceUtil/Shared.cpp b/cpp/src/IceUtil/Shared.cpp
index 39805cc746e..41ae9db3549 100644
--- a/cpp/src/IceUtil/Shared.cpp
+++ b/cpp/src/IceUtil/Shared.cpp
@@ -115,7 +115,11 @@ IceUtil::Shared::__incRef()
     assert(InterlockedExchangeAdd(&_ref, 0) >= 0);
     InterlockedIncrement(&_ref);
 #elif defined(ICE_HAS_GCC_BUILTINS)
-    int c = __sync_fetch_and_add(&_ref, 1);
+
+#   ifndef NDEBUG
+    int c = 
+#   endif
+        __sync_fetch_and_add(&_ref, 1);
     assert(c >= 0);
 #elif defined(ICE_HAS_ATOMIC_FUNCTIONS)
     assert(IceUtilInternal::atomicExchangeAdd(&_ref, 0) >= 0);