diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/read.c b/src/backend/nodes/read.c
index 78775e8bbd3..ec8e87b7c1d 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/read.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/read.c
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ nodeTokenType(char *token, int length)
 
 		errno = 0;
 		val = strtol(token, &endptr, 10);
+		(void) val;				/* avoid compiler warning if unused */
 		if (endptr != token + length || errno == ERANGE
 #ifdef HAVE_LONG_INT_64
 		/* if long > 32 bits, check for overflow of int4 */
diff --git a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
index 22885147cfb..29a0e8fe3ba 100644
--- a/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
+++ b/src/backend/nodes/readfuncs.c
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@
 /* And a few guys need only the pg_strtok support fields */
 #define READ_TEMP_LOCALS()	\
 	char	   *token;		\
-	int			length
+	int			length;		\
+	(void) token /* possibly unused */
 
 /* ... but most need both */
 #define READ_LOCALS(nodeTypeName)			\