diff --git a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc
index 1c4f591a25f..347e962c0c1 100644
--- a/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc
+++ b/source/blender/blenkernel/intern/lib_override.cc
@@ -4793,6 +4793,7 @@ void BKE_lib_override_library_main_operations_create(Main *bmain,
   const bool resync_success = BKE_main_view_layers_synced_ensure(bmain);
   BLI_assert_msg(resync_success,
                  "Ensuring that all viewlayers in Main are synced with their collections failed");
+  UNUSED_VARS_NDEBUG(resync_sucess);
   BKE_layer_collection_resync_forbid();
 
   LibOverrideOpCreateData create_pool_data{};