diff --git a/platform/daemon/src/socket_connection.c b/platform/daemon/src/socket_connection.c
index bf49fb35e..0630e9efd 100644
--- a/platform/daemon/src/socket_connection.c
+++ b/platform/daemon/src/socket_connection.c
@@ -563,14 +563,17 @@ void socket_connection_send_packet(connection_t *conn, uint16_t type, uint16_t c
     little_endian_store_16(header, 0, type);
     little_endian_store_16(header, 2, channel);
     little_endian_store_16(header, 4, size);
+    // avoid -Wunused-result
+    int res;
 #ifdef _WIN32
     int flags = 0;
-    send(conn->socket_fd, (const char *) header, 6, flags);
-    send(conn->socket_fd, (const char *) packet, size, flags);
+    res = send(conn->socket_fd, (const char *) header, 6, flags);
+    res = send(conn->socket_fd, (const char *) packet, size, flags);
 #else
-    write(conn->socket_fd, header, 6);
-    write(conn->socket_fd, packet, size);
+    res = write(conn->socket_fd, header, 6);
+    res = write(conn->socket_fd, packet, size);
 #endif
+    UNUSED(res);
 }
 
 /**