diff --git a/libavcodec/hevc.c b/libavcodec/hevc.c
index 63c5688172..11eedc52b3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/hevc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/hevc.c
@@ -2997,7 +2997,6 @@ static int decode_nal_units(HEVCContext *s, const uint8_t *buf, int length)
 
     /* parse the NAL units */
     for (i = 0; i < s->nb_nals; i++) {
-        int ret;
         s->skipped_bytes = s->skipped_bytes_nal[i];
         s->skipped_bytes_pos = s->skipped_bytes_pos_nal[i];