diff --git a/tasks.c b/tasks.c
index 8f691d117..f5d031227 100644
--- a/tasks.c
+++ b/tasks.c
@@ -3727,7 +3727,10 @@ void vTaskStartScheduler( void )
 
         /* Setting up the timer tick is hardware specific and thus in the
          * portable interface. */
-        xPortStartScheduler();
+
+        /* The return value for xPortStartScheduler is not required
+         * hence using a void datatype. */
+        ( void ) xPortStartScheduler();
 
         /* In most cases, xPortStartScheduler() will not return. If it
          * returns pdTRUE then there was not enough heap memory available