diff --git a/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c b/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
index ea2b025..33b5317 100644
--- a/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
+++ b/libevdev/libevdev-uinput.c
@@ -358,7 +358,7 @@ libevdev_uinput_destroy(struct libevdev_uinput *uinput_dev)
 	if (!uinput_dev)
 		return;
 
-	ioctl(uinput_dev->fd, UI_DEV_DESTROY, NULL);
+	(void)ioctl(uinput_dev->fd, UI_DEV_DESTROY, NULL);
 	if (uinput_dev->fd_is_managed)
 		close(uinput_dev->fd);
 	free(uinput_dev->syspath);