diff --git a/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h b/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h
index c2a2c2ec68..b9bd6bf449 100644
--- a/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h
+++ b/libavcodec/aacenc_utils.h
@@ -66,10 +66,9 @@ static inline void quantize_bands(int *out, const float *in, const float *scaled
                                   const float rounding)
 {
     int i;
-    double qc;
     for (i = 0; i < size; i++) {
-        qc = scaled[i] * Q34;
-        out[i] = (int)FFMIN(qc + rounding, (double)maxval);
+        float qc = scaled[i] * Q34;
+        out[i] = (int)FFMIN(qc + rounding, (float)maxval);
         if (is_signed && in[i] < 0.0f) {
             out[i] = -out[i];
         }