diff --git a/cores/arduino/syscalls_sam3.c b/cores/arduino/syscalls_sam3.c
index 6728c9e0..c57cc5a5 100644
--- a/cores/arduino/syscalls_sam3.c
+++ b/cores/arduino/syscalls_sam3.c
@@ -134,7 +134,8 @@ extern void _exit( int status )
 {
 //  printf is probably not set up by Arduino, and shouldn't be used.
 //    printf( "Exiting with status %d.\n", status ) ;
-
+    // To get rid of compiler warning 
+    ( void ) status; 
     for ( ; ; ) ;
 }