diff --git a/libavcodec/sanm.c b/libavcodec/sanm.c
index 809d28d5af..777f693e49 100644
--- a/libavcodec/sanm.c
+++ b/libavcodec/sanm.c
@@ -996,16 +996,18 @@ static int decode_4(SANMVideoContext *ctx)
 
 static int decode_5(SANMVideoContext *ctx)
 {
+#if HAVE_BIGENDIAN
     uint16_t *frm;
     int npixels;
+#endif
     uint8_t *dst = (uint8_t*)ctx->frm0;
 
     if (rle_decode(ctx, dst, ctx->buf_size))
         return AVERROR_INVALIDDATA;
 
+#if HAVE_BIGENDIAN
     npixels = ctx->npixels;
     frm = ctx->frm0;
-#if HAVE_BIGENDIAN
     while (npixels--)
         *frm++ = av_bswap16(*frm);
 #endif