diff --git a/thermosphere/src/exceptions.c b/thermosphere/src/exceptions.c
index 5b17a3d69..ae1bccb05 100644
--- a/thermosphere/src/exceptions.c
+++ b/thermosphere/src/exceptions.c
@@ -202,6 +202,7 @@ void handleLowerElSyncException(ExceptionStackFrame *frame)
 void handleSameElSyncException(ExceptionStackFrame *frame)
 {
     ExceptionSyndromeRegister esr = frame->esr_el2;
+    (void)esr;
     DEBUG("Same EL sync exception on core %x, EC = 0x%02llx IL=%llu ISS=0x%06llx\n", currentCoreCtx->coreId, (u64)esr.ec, esr.il, esr.iss);
     dumpStackFrame(frame, true);
 }
diff --git a/thermosphere/src/main.c b/thermosphere/src/main.c
index b6c3f51d0..5eaeecd5e 100644
--- a/thermosphere/src/main.c
+++ b/thermosphere/src/main.c
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ void testProcessDataCallback(TransportInterface *iface, void *p, size_t sz)
     (void)sz;
     debugManagerUnpauseCores(BIT(0));
     TestCtx *ctx = (TestCtx *)p;
+    (void)ctx;
     DEBUG("EL2 [core %u]: you typed: %s\n", currentCoreCtx->coreId, ctx->buf);
 }