diff --git a/fftools/cmdutils.c b/fftools/cmdutils.c
index 3d428f3eea..6920ca0764 100644
--- a/fftools/cmdutils.c
+++ b/fftools/cmdutils.c
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #include "libswscale/swscale.h"
 #include "libswresample/swresample.h"
 #include "libpostproc/postprocess.h"
+#include "libavutil/attributes.h"
 #include "libavutil/avassert.h"
 #include "libavutil/avstring.h"
 #include "libavutil/bprint.h"
@@ -1702,7 +1703,7 @@ int show_pix_fmts(void *optctx, const char *opt, const char *arg)
 #endif
 
     while ((pix_desc = av_pix_fmt_desc_next(pix_desc))) {
-        enum AVPixelFormat pix_fmt = av_pix_fmt_desc_get_id(pix_desc);
+        enum AVPixelFormat av_unused pix_fmt = av_pix_fmt_desc_get_id(pix_desc);
         printf("%c%c%c%c%c %-16s       %d            %2d\n",
                sws_isSupportedInput (pix_fmt)              ? 'I' : '.',
                sws_isSupportedOutput(pix_fmt)              ? 'O' : '.',