diff --git a/src/sst/core/statapi/statgroup.cc b/src/sst/core/statapi/statgroup.cc
index 9611f499d..2cdda7db5 100644
--- a/src/sst/core/statapi/statgroup.cc
+++ b/src/sst/core/statapi/statgroup.cc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ bool
 StatisticGroup::containsStatistic(const StatisticBase* stat) const
 {
     if ( isDefault ) return true;
-    std::find(stats.begin(), stats.end(), stat);
+    std::ignore = std::find(stats.begin(), stats.end(), stat);
     return false;
 }