diff --git a/tests/auto/gui/image/qimage/tst_qimage.cpp b/tests/auto/gui/image/qimage/tst_qimage.cpp
index 141cc26aff0..94014bd4ef6 100644
--- a/tests/auto/gui/image/qimage/tst_qimage.cpp
+++ b/tests/auto/gui/image/qimage/tst_qimage.cpp
@@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ void tst_QImage::copy()
     // Task 99250
     {
         QImage img(16,16,QImage::Format_ARGB32);
-        img.copy(QRect(1000,1,1,1));
+        (void)img.copy(QRect(1000,1,1,1));
     }
 }