diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f83bf4f56e..a0ba6b0787 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-12-02  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@gmail.com>
+
+	* nscd/aicache.c (addhstaiX): Avoid unused variable warning.
+
 2011-11-29  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sh/bits/atomic.h (rNOSP): Define
diff --git a/nscd/aicache.c b/nscd/aicache.c
index 8d100f8d31..aaaf80df9d 100644
--- a/nscd/aicache.c
+++ b/nscd/aicache.c
@@ -461,9 +461,12 @@ addhstaiX (struct database_dyn *db, int fd, request_header *req,
 		      <= (sizeof (struct database_pers_head)
 			  + db->head->module * sizeof (ref_t)
 			  + db->head->data_size));
+# ifndef __ASSUME_SENDFILE
 	      ssize_t written;
-	      written = sendfileall (fd, db->wr_fd, (char *) &dataset->resp
-				     - (char *) db->head, dataset->head.recsize);
+	      written =
+# endif
+		sendfileall (fd, db->wr_fd, (char *) &dataset->resp
+			     - (char *) db->head, dataset->head.recsize);
 # ifndef __ASSUME_SENDFILE
 	      if (written == -1 && errno == ENOSYS)
 		goto use_write;