diff --git a/src/base/bitunion.test.cc b/src/base/bitunion.test.cc
index 06c7a615e9..be92bfa853 100644
--- a/src/base/bitunion.test.cc
+++ b/src/base/bitunion.test.cc
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ containingFunc(uint64_t init_val, uint64_t fieldVal)
 // Declare these as global so g++ doesn't ignore them. Initialize them in
 // various ways.
 EmptySixtyFour emptySixtyFour = 0;
-EmptyThirtyTwo emptyThirtyTwo{};
+[[maybe_unused]] EmptyThirtyTwo emptyThirtyTwo{};
 [[maybe_unused]] EmptySixteen emptySixteen;
 EmptyEight emptyEight(0);
 
diff --git a/src/base/compiler.hh b/src/base/compiler.hh
index 29375c1900..9c80c3ef09 100644
--- a/src/base/compiler.hh
+++ b/src/base/compiler.hh
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 // This version is for macros which are statement-like, which frequently use
 // "do {} while (0)" to make their syntax look more like normal c++ statements.
 #  define GEM5_DEPRECATED_MACRO_STMT(name, definition, message) \
-     do {{definition;} GEM5_DEPRECATED_MACRO(name, {}, message);} while (0)
+     do {{definition;} GEM5_DEPRECATED_MACRO(name, ({}), message);} while (0)
 
 // To mark a class as deprecated in favor of a new name, add a respective
 // instance of this macro to the file that used to declare the old name.