diff --git a/libavcodec/h264.c b/libavcodec/h264.c
index 5c79f42464..22c250ea99 100644
--- a/libavcodec/h264.c
+++ b/libavcodec/h264.c
@@ -5714,6 +5714,7 @@ static int decode_cabac_residual( H264Context *h, DCTELEM *block, int cat, int n
 
     int index[64];
 
+    int av_unused last;
     int coeff_count = 0;
 
     int abslevel1 = 1;