diff --git a/src/arm/lithium-codegen-arm.cc b/src/arm/lithium-codegen-arm.cc
index a947cb8234..59fa3d6737 100644
--- a/src/arm/lithium-codegen-arm.cc
+++ b/src/arm/lithium-codegen-arm.cc
@@ -279,6 +279,7 @@ bool LCodeGen::GenerateDeferredCode() {
     int code_generated =
         masm_->InstructionsGeneratedSince(&last_jump) * Assembler::kInstrSize;
     ASSERT(Deoptimizer::patch_size() <= code_generated);
+    USE(code_generated);
   }
 
   // Force constant pool emission at the end of the deferred code to make