diff --git a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
index 71ba7287d..7c46837ce 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
@@ -1455,7 +1455,7 @@ read_hidden_file (const gchar *dirname)
   gchar *filename;
 
   filename = g_build_path ("/", dirname, ".hidden", NULL);
-  g_file_get_contents (filename, &contents, NULL, NULL);
+  (void) g_file_get_contents (filename, &contents, NULL, NULL);
   g_free (filename);
 
   if (contents != NULL)