diff --git a/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/device_handler.go b/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/device_handler.go
index 1a541c7..96e0ca7 100644
--- a/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/device_handler.go
+++ b/internal/pkg/onuadaptercore/device_handler.go
@@ -3185,6 +3185,7 @@
 }
 
 // getUniPortMEEntityID takes uniPortNo as the input and returns the Entity ID corresponding to this UNI-G ME Instance
+// nolint: unused
 func (dh *deviceHandler) getUniPortMEEntityID(uniPortNo uint32) (uint16, error) {
 	dh.lockDevice.RLock()
 	defer dh.lockDevice.RUnlock()