diff --git a/src/app/util/attribute-storage.cpp b/src/app/util/attribute-storage.cpp
index 7e2b07f0b81e14..1b8180dc9f64c5 100644
--- a/src/app/util/attribute-storage.cpp
+++ b/src/app/util/attribute-storage.cpp
@@ -371,11 +371,14 @@ EmberAfStatus emAfClusterPreAttributeChangedCallback(const app::ConcreteAttribut
     }
     else
     {
-        EmberAfStatus status            = EMBER_ZCL_STATUS_SUCCESS;
-        EmberAfGenericClusterFunction f = emberAfFindClusterFunction(cluster, CLUSTER_MASK_PRE_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED_FUNCTION);
+        EmberAfStatus status = EMBER_ZCL_STATUS_SUCCESS;
+        // Casting and calling a function pointer on the same line results in ignoring the return
+        // of the call on gcc-arm-none-eabi-9-2019-q4-major
+        EmberAfClusterPreAttributeChangedCallback f = (EmberAfClusterPreAttributeChangedCallback)(
+            emberAfFindClusterFunction(cluster, CLUSTER_MASK_PRE_ATTRIBUTE_CHANGED_FUNCTION));
         if (f != NULL)
         {
-            status = ((EmberAfClusterPreAttributeChangedCallback) f)(attributePath, attributeType, size, value);
+            status = f(attributePath, attributeType, size, value);
         }
         return status;
     }