diff --git a/winsup/cygwin/random.cc b/winsup/cygwin/random.cc
index 802c33b8a..163fc040c 100644
--- a/winsup/cygwin/random.cc
+++ b/winsup/cygwin/random.cc
@@ -279,14 +279,6 @@ srandom(unsigned x)
 		(void)random();
 }
 
-/* Avoid a compiler warning when we really want to get at the junk in
-   an uninitialized variable. */
-static unsigned long
-dummy (unsigned volatile long *x)
-{
-  return *x;
-}
-
 /*
  * srandomdev:
  *
@@ -313,7 +305,11 @@ srandomdev()
 		unsigned long junk;
 
 		gettimeofday(&tv, NULL);
-		srandom((getpid() << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec ^ dummy(&junk));
+		/* Avoid a compiler warning when we really want to get at the
+		   junk in an uninitialized variable. */
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wmaybe-uninitialized"
+		srandom((getpid() << 16) ^ tv.tv_sec ^ tv.tv_usec ^ junk);
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
 		return;
 	}