diff --git a/RELEASE_NOTES b/RELEASE_NOTES
index 16167d90f..d6d352418 100644
--- a/RELEASE_NOTES
+++ b/RELEASE_NOTES
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ Bugs fixed
 - Bug 1951 - AODV does not update nexthop for 1-hop nodes
 - Bug 1955 - The IPv4 identification field should be unique per (source, destination, protocol) tuple
 - Bug 1960 - Wrong information on index range, about Node::GetDevice
+- Bug 1961 - planetlab-tap-creator "variable set but not used"
 
 Known issues
 ------------
diff --git a/src/fd-net-device/helper/planetlab-tap-creator.cc b/src/fd-net-device/helper/planetlab-tap-creator.cc
index 536c9a3d3..ca5a64874 100644
--- a/src/fd-net-device/helper/planetlab-tap-creator.cc
+++ b/src/fd-net-device/helper/planetlab-tap-creator.cc
@@ -142,7 +142,6 @@ SetTunUp (const char *ip, const char *prefix, const char *if_name)
   FILE *in;
   FILE *out;
   char errbuff[4096];
-  int nbytes;
 
   memset(errbuff, 0, 4096);
 
@@ -166,7 +165,7 @@ SetTunUp (const char *ip, const char *prefix, const char *if_name)
   // close pipe to indicate end parameter passing and flush the fifo
   fclose (in);
 
-  nbytes = fread((void*)errbuff, 4096, 1, out);
+  fread((void*)errbuff, 4096, 1, out);
  
   // the error buffer will not be empty if we read an error
   ABORT_IF (strcmp(errbuff, "") != 0, errbuff, 0);