diff --git a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.cpp b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.cpp
index e62f760a65f..97a88cfb54b 100644
--- a/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.cpp
+++ b/filament/backend/src/vulkan/VulkanCommands.cpp
@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ VkSemaphore VulkanCommandBuffer::submit() {
 #endif
 
     mFenceStatus->setStatus(VK_NOT_READY);
-    VkResult result = vkQueueSubmit(mQueue, 1, &submitInfo, mFence);
+    UTILS_UNUSED_IN_RELEASE VkResult result = 
+        vkQueueSubmit(mQueue, 1, &submitInfo, mFence);
 
 #if FVK_ENABLED(FVK_DEBUG_COMMAND_BUFFER)
     if (result != VK_SUCCESS) {