diff --git a/src/sql/doc/snippets/sqldatabase/sqldatabase.cpp b/src/sql/doc/snippets/sqldatabase/sqldatabase.cpp
index 0c09d76145..c28e750b16 100644
--- a/src/sql/doc/snippets/sqldatabase/sqldatabase.cpp
+++ b/src/sql/doc/snippets/sqldatabase/sqldatabase.cpp
@@ -341,6 +341,7 @@ void sql_intro_snippets()
         numRows = query.at() + 1;
     }
 //! [33]
+    Q_UNUSED(numRows);
     }
 
     {