diff --git a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h
index 754a9d506..c417ef80f 100644
--- a/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h
+++ b/spine-cpp/spine-cpp/include/spine/Extension.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public:
 
 	virtual char *_readFile(const String &path, int *length) = 0;
 
-	virtual void _beforeFree(void *ptr) {}
+	virtual void _beforeFree(void *ptr) { SP_UNUSED(ptr); }
 
 protected:
 	SpineExtension();