diff --git a/libavcodec/alsdec.c b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
index 16956e2d22..f557f2bbb2 100644
--- a/libavcodec/alsdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/alsdec.c
@@ -1931,7 +1931,6 @@ static av_cold int decode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
 {
     unsigned int c;
     unsigned int channel_size;
-    unsigned int i;
     int num_buffers, ret;
     ALSDecContext *ctx = avctx->priv_data;
     ALSSpecificConfig *sconf = &ctx->sconf;