diff --git a/Objects/stringobject.c b/Objects/stringobject.c
index f2db6da..1a04b78 100644
--- a/Objects/stringobject.c
+++ b/Objects/stringobject.c
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@
     op = (PyStringObject *)PyObject_MALLOC(PyStringObject_SIZE + size);
     if (op == NULL)
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
-    PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
+    (void)PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
     op->ob_shash = -1;
     op->ob_sstate = SSTATE_NOT_INTERNED;
     if (str != NULL)
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@
     op = (PyStringObject *)PyObject_MALLOC(PyStringObject_SIZE + size);
     if (op == NULL)
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
-    PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
+    (void)PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
     op->ob_shash = -1;
     op->ob_sstate = SSTATE_NOT_INTERNED;
     Py_MEMCPY(op->ob_sval, str, size+1);
@@ -1061,7 +1061,7 @@
     op = (PyStringObject *)PyObject_MALLOC(PyStringObject_SIZE + size);
     if (op == NULL)
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
-    PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
+    (void)PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
     op->ob_shash = -1;
     op->ob_sstate = SSTATE_NOT_INTERNED;
     Py_MEMCPY(op->ob_sval, a->ob_sval, Py_SIZE(a));
@@ -1103,7 +1103,7 @@
     op = (PyStringObject *)PyObject_MALLOC(PyStringObject_SIZE + nbytes);
     if (op == NULL)
         return PyErr_NoMemory();
-    PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
+    (void)PyObject_INIT_VAR(op, &PyString_Type, size);
     op->ob_shash = -1;
     op->ob_sstate = SSTATE_NOT_INTERNED;
     op->ob_sval[size] = '\0';