diff --git a/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix/unused_var.patch b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix/unused_var.patch
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--- /dev/null
+++ b/meta-openembedded/meta-networking/recipes-connectivity/openthread/ot-br-posix/unused_var.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+--- a/third_party/openthread/repo/src/cli/cli.cpp
++++ b/third_party/openthread/repo/src/cli/cli.cpp
+@@ -1785,6 +1785,7 @@ template <> otError Interpreter::Process
+ 
+     for (uint8_t i = 0;; i++)
+     {
++    	OT_UNUSED_VARIABLE(i);
+         SuccessOrExit(otThreadGetNextCacheEntry(GetInstancePtr(), &entry, &iterator));
+         OutputEidCacheEntry(entry);
+     }