diff --git a/libavcodec/mjpeg.c b/libavcodec/mjpeg.c
index f62891e244..7ca1601086 100644
--- a/libavcodec/mjpeg.c
+++ b/libavcodec/mjpeg.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int mjpeg_decode_frame(AVCodecContext *avctx,
 
 		    while (src<buf_end)
 		    {
-			unsigned char *x = *(src++);
+			unsigned char x = *(src++);
 			
 			*(dst++) = x;
 			if (x == 0xff)