diff --git a/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c b/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
index f109aa57174..54bc0767f18 100644
--- a/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
+++ b/src/bin/pg_test_fsync/pg_test_fsync.c
@@ -598,11 +598,14 @@ test_non_sync(void)
 static void
 signal_cleanup(SIGNAL_ARGS)
 {
+	int			rc;
+
 	/* Delete the file if it exists. Ignore errors */
 	if (needs_unlink)
 		unlink(filename);
 	/* Finish incomplete line on stdout */
-	write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\n", 1);
+	rc = write(STDOUT_FILENO, "\n", 1);
+	(void) rc;					/* silence compiler warnings */
 	_exit(1);
 }