diff --git a/Modules/Applications/AppMathParserX/app/otbBandMathX.cxx b/Modules/Applications/AppMathParserX/app/otbBandMathX.cxx
index 5af54d5e51264e73001a4bf2c783f13ee8ba52d0..1aa1c471e300c643d8bec640e48b7949cea0b110 100644
--- a/Modules/Applications/AppMathParserX/app/otbBandMathX.cxx
+++ b/Modules/Applications/AppMathParserX/app/otbBandMathX.cxx
@@ -201,6 +201,8 @@ private:
           }
         catch(itk::ExceptionObject& err)
           {
+          //trick to prevent unreferenced local variable warning on MSVC
+          (void)err;
           // silent catch
           useContext = false;
           }