diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 7b9adfdd1..3c52d5879 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -21,6 +21,9 @@ Bugfix
      Philippe Antoine from Catena cyber. #1663.
    * Fix namespacing in header files. Remove the `mbedtls` namespacing in
      the `#include` in the header files. Resolves #857
+   * Fix compiler warning of 'use before initialisation' in
+     mbedtls_pk_parse_key(). Found by Martin Boye Petersen and fixed by Dawid
+     Drozd. #1098
 
 Changes
    * Change the shebang line in Perl scripts to look up perl in the PATH.
diff --git a/library/pkparse.c b/library/pkparse.c
index 26a8b70ec..a83bb01c7 100644
--- a/library/pkparse.c
+++ b/library/pkparse.c
@@ -1268,7 +1268,6 @@ int mbedtls_pk_parse_key( mbedtls_pk_context *pk,
         return( ret );
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_PKCS12_C || MBEDTLS_PKCS5_C */
 #else
-    ((void) ret);
     ((void) pwd);
     ((void) pwdlen);
 #endif /* MBEDTLS_PEM_PARSE_C */