diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index 8f34289eb5..ca211a2786 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -939,7 +939,7 @@ static int matroska_decode_buffer(uint8_t** buf, int* buf_size,
     uint8_t* data = *buf;
     int isize = *buf_size;
     uint8_t* pkt_data = NULL;
-    uint8_t* newpktdata;
+    uint8_t av_unused *newpktdata;
     int pkt_size = isize;
     int result = 0;
     int olen;