diff --git a/util/async.c b/util/async.c
index 63434ddae4..f449c3444e 100644
--- a/util/async.c
+++ b/util/async.c
@@ -158,7 +158,21 @@ int aio_bh_poll(AioContext *ctx)
     int ret = 0;
 
     QSLIST_MOVE_ATOMIC(&slice.bh_list, &ctx->bh_list);
+
+    /*
+     * GCC13 [-Werror=dangling-pointer=] complains that the local variable
+     * 'slice' is being stored in the global 'ctx->bh_slice_list' but the
+     * list is emptied before this function returns.
+     */
+#if !defined(__clang__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic push
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wpragmas"
+#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wdangling-pointer="
+#endif
     QSIMPLEQ_INSERT_TAIL(&ctx->bh_slice_list, &slice, next);
+#if !defined(__clang__)
+#pragma GCC diagnostic pop
+#endif
 
     while ((s = QSIMPLEQ_FIRST(&ctx->bh_slice_list))) {
         QEMUBH *bh;