diff --git a/examples/offline_inference/profiling_tpu/profiling.py b/examples/offline_inference/profiling_tpu/profiling.py
index b1fe829b3c380..d54117d6262af 100644
--- a/examples/offline_inference/profiling_tpu/profiling.py
+++ b/examples/offline_inference/profiling_tpu/profiling.py
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ def main(args: argparse.Namespace):
 
     engine_args = EngineArgs.from_cli_args(args)
     llm = LLM(**dataclasses.asdict(engine_args))
-    _ = xp.start_server(9012)
+    server = xp.start_server(9012)  # noqa: F841
 
     sampling_params = SamplingParams(
         temperature=0.0,