diff --git a/include/common/standard.h b/include/common/standard.h
index be0762573..c4c5d64f1 100644
--- a/include/common/standard.h
+++ b/include/common/standard.h
@@ -760,6 +760,19 @@ char *env_expand(char *in);
  */
 #define fddebug(msg...) do { char *_m = NULL; memprintf(&_m, ##msg); if (_m) write(-1, _m, strlen(_m)); free(_m); } while (0)
 
+/* used from everywhere just to drain results we don't want to read and which
+ * recent versions of gcc increasingly and annoyingly complain about.
+ */
+extern int shut_your_big_mouth_gcc_int;
+
+/* used from everywhere just to drain results we don't want to read and which
+ * recent versions of gcc increasingly and annoyingly complain about.
+ */
+static inline void shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(int r)
+{
+	shut_your_big_mouth_gcc_int = r;
+}
+
 /* same as strstr() but case-insensitive */
 const char *strnistr(const char *str1, int len_str1, const char *str2, int len_str2);
 
diff --git a/src/appsession.c b/src/appsession.c
index a71f186c8..c22be45ce 100644
--- a/src/appsession.c
+++ b/src/appsession.c
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ static struct task *appsession_refresh(struct task *t)
 					    (!(global.mode & MODE_QUIET) || (global.mode & MODE_VERBOSE))) {
 						chunk_printf(&trash, "appsession_refresh: cleaning up expired Session '%s' on Server %s\n", 
 						             element->sessid, element->serverid?element->serverid:"(null)");
-						if (write(1, trash.str, trash.len) < 0) /* shut gcc warning */;
+						shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(write(1, trash.str, trash.len));
 					}
 					/* delete the expired element from within the hash table */
 					LIST_DEL(&element->hash_list);
diff --git a/src/frontend.c b/src/frontend.c
index 8a01a4ab9..591c1f21a 100644
--- a/src/frontend.c
+++ b/src/frontend.c
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ int frontend_accept(struct session *s)
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (write(1, trash.str, trash.len) < 0) /* shut gcc warning */;
+		shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(write(1, trash.str, trash.len));
 	}
 
 	if (s->fe->mode == PR_MODE_HTTP)
diff --git a/src/haproxy.c b/src/haproxy.c
index 0ec217e53..5cfebd29a 100644
--- a/src/haproxy.c
+++ b/src/haproxy.c
@@ -193,6 +193,11 @@ const struct linger nolinger = { .l_onoff = 1, .l_linger = 0 };
 char hostname[MAX_HOSTNAME_LEN];
 char localpeer[MAX_HOSTNAME_LEN];
 
+/* used from everywhere just to drain results we don't want to read and which
+ * recent versions of gcc increasingly and annoyingly complain about.
+ */
+int shut_your_big_mouth_gcc_int = 0;
+
 /* list of the temporarily limited listeners because of lack of resource */
 struct list global_listener_queue = LIST_HEAD_INIT(global_listener_queue);
 struct task *global_listener_queue_task;
@@ -1541,7 +1546,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 			if (pidfd >= 0) {
 				char pidstr[100];
 				snprintf(pidstr, sizeof(pidstr), "%d\n", ret);
-				if (write(pidfd, pidstr, strlen(pidstr)) < 0) /* shut gcc warning */;
+				shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(write(pidfd, pidstr, strlen(pidstr)));
 			}
 			relative_pid++; /* each child will get a different one */
 		}
diff --git a/src/proto_http.c b/src/proto_http.c
index b7982bce3..db6a88700 100644
--- a/src/proto_http.c
+++ b/src/proto_http.c
@@ -7992,7 +7992,7 @@ void debug_hdr(const char *dir, struct session *t, const char *start, const char
 	UBOUND(max, trash.size - trash.len - 3);
 	trash.len += strlcpy2(trash.str + trash.len, start, max + 1);
 	trash.str[trash.len++] = '\n';
-	if (write(1, trash.str, trash.len) < 0) /* shut gcc warning */;
+	shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(write(1, trash.str, trash.len));
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/src/session.c b/src/session.c
index 86dcb8484..21fea399d 100644
--- a/src/session.c
+++ b/src/session.c
@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ struct task *process_session(struct task *t)
 				      s->uniq_id, s->be->id,
 			              objt_conn(s->si[0].end) ? (unsigned short)objt_conn(s->si[0].end)->t.sock.fd : -1,
 			              objt_conn(s->si[1].end) ? (unsigned short)objt_conn(s->si[1].end)->t.sock.fd : -1);
-			if (write(1, trash.str, trash.len) < 0) /* shut gcc warning */;
+			shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(write(1, trash.str, trash.len));
 		}
 
 		if (s->si[0].state == SI_ST_CLO &&
@@ -2368,7 +2368,7 @@ struct task *process_session(struct task *t)
 				      s->uniq_id, s->be->id,
 			              objt_conn(s->si[0].end) ? (unsigned short)objt_conn(s->si[0].end)->t.sock.fd : -1,
 			              objt_conn(s->si[1].end) ? (unsigned short)objt_conn(s->si[1].end)->t.sock.fd : -1);
-			if (write(1, trash.str, trash.len) < 0) /* shut gcc warning */;
+			shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(write(1, trash.str, trash.len));
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2473,7 +2473,7 @@ struct task *process_session(struct task *t)
 			      s->uniq_id, s->be->id,
 		              objt_conn(s->si[0].end) ? (unsigned short)objt_conn(s->si[0].end)->t.sock.fd : -1,
 		              objt_conn(s->si[1].end) ? (unsigned short)objt_conn(s->si[1].end)->t.sock.fd : -1);
-		if (write(1, trash.str, trash.len) < 0) /* shut gcc warning */;
+		shut_your_big_mouth_gcc(write(1, trash.str, trash.len));
 	}
 
 	s->logs.t_close = tv_ms_elapsed(&s->logs.tv_accept, &now);