diff --git a/main/tcptls.c b/main/tcptls.c
index 012376cfe749ad7cc520191d1cf75786710f633b..fd6d5016ede2a975d3707ef3f9215e0dbe673c07 100644
--- a/main/tcptls.c
+++ b/main/tcptls.c
@@ -434,7 +434,12 @@ static int tcptls_stream_close(void *cookie)
  */
 static void tcptls_stream_dtor(void *cookie)
 {
+#ifdef AST_DEVMODE
+	/* Since the ast_assert below is the only one using stream,
+	 * and ast_assert is only available with AST_DEVMODE, we
+	 * put this in a conditional to avoid compiler warnings. */
 	struct ast_tcptls_stream *stream = cookie;
+#endif
 
 	ast_assert(stream->fd == -1);
 }