diff --git a/components/esp_hw_support/port/linux/esp_random.c b/components/esp_hw_support/port/linux/esp_random.c
index e1dc505a2e..19bed4dc65 100644
--- a/components/esp_hw_support/port/linux/esp_random.c
+++ b/components/esp_hw_support/port/linux/esp_random.c
@@ -17,13 +17,16 @@ static void __attribute__((constructor)) esp_random_init(void) { }
 uint32_t esp_random(void)
 {
     uint32_t random_number;
-    assert(getentropy(&random_number, sizeof(random_number)) == 0);
+    int result = getentropy(&random_number, sizeof(random_number));
+    assert(result == 0);
+    (void)result;
     return random_number;
 }
 
 void esp_fill_random(void *buf, size_t len)
 {
     assert(buf != NULL);
+    int result;
 
     // Note that we can't use getentropy() with len > 256 directly (see getentropy man page),
     // hence reading in chunks
@@ -31,8 +34,12 @@ void esp_fill_random(void *buf, size_t len)
     const size_t REST_CHUNK_SIZE = len % GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN;
 
     for (size_t chunk_num = 0; chunk_num < FULL_CHUNKS_NUM; chunk_num++) {
-        assert(getentropy(buf + chunk_num * GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN, GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN) == 0);
+        result = getentropy(buf + chunk_num * GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN, GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN);
+        assert(result == 0);
+        (void)result;
     }
 
-    assert(getentropy(buf + FULL_CHUNKS_NUM * GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN, REST_CHUNK_SIZE) == 0);
+    result = getentropy(buf + FULL_CHUNKS_NUM * GETENTROPY_MAX_LEN, REST_CHUNK_SIZE);
+    assert(result == 0);
+    (void)result;
 }