diff --git a/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c b/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
index 9e7198ae0b7d7885a55d17ab798a2e0abc3ad26a..a20501ff929e9d722a4544806032c0b00ec9c3e0 100644
--- a/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
+++ b/libavcodec/libopenh264enc.c
@@ -69,13 +69,12 @@ static av_cold int svc_encode_init(AVCodecContext *avctx)
     SVCContext *s = avctx->priv_data;
     SEncParamExt param = { 0 };
     int err = AVERROR_UNKNOWN;
-    av_unused OpenH264Version libver;
 
     // Mingw GCC < 4.7 on x86_32 uses an incorrect/buggy ABI for the WelsGetCodecVersion
     // function (for functions returning larger structs), thus skip the check in those
     // configurations.
 #if !defined(_WIN32) || !defined(__GNUC__) || !ARCH_X86_32 || AV_GCC_VERSION_AT_LEAST(4, 7)
-    libver = WelsGetCodecVersion();
+    OpenH264Version libver = WelsGetCodecVersion();
     if (memcmp(&libver, &g_stCodecVersion, sizeof(libver))) {
         av_log(avctx, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Incorrect library version loaded\n");
         return AVERROR(EINVAL);