diff --git a/src/event/ngx_event.c b/src/event/ngx_event.c
index 600a433..976bd64 100644
--- a/src/event/ngx_event.c
+++ b/src/event/ngx_event.c
@@ -1214,7 +1214,7 @@
     fd = epoll_create(100);
 
     if (fd != -1) {
-        close(fd);
+        (void) close(fd);
         module = &ngx_epoll_module;
 
     } else if (ngx_errno != NGX_ENOSYS) {