diff --git a/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/libfdt.i_shipped b/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/libfdt.i_shipped
index 1d69ad3..27c29ea 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/libfdt.i_shipped
+++ b/scripts/dtc/pylibfdt/libfdt.i_shipped
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@
 	}
 	$1 = (void *)PyByteArray_AsString($input);
         fdt = $1;
-        fdt = fdt; /* avoid unused variable warning */
+        (void)fdt; /* avoid unused variable warning */
 }
 
 /* Some functions do change the device tree, so use void * */
@@ -1021,7 +1021,7 @@
 	}
 	$1 = PyByteArray_AsString($input);
         fdt = $1;
-        fdt = fdt; /* avoid unused variable warning */
+        (void)fdt; /* avoid unused variable warning */
 }
 
 /* typemap used for fdt_get_property_by_offset() */