diff --git a/libavcodec/nellymoserdec.c b/libavcodec/nellymoserdec.c
index a1b5d32d9e..3ef9caccc7 100644
--- a/libavcodec/nellymoserdec.c
+++ b/libavcodec/nellymoserdec.c
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ static void overlap_and_window(NellyMoserDecodeContext *s, float *state, float *
 
 static int sum_bits(short *buf, short shift, short off)
 {
-    int b, i = 0, ret = 0;
+    int b, i, ret = 0;
 
     for (i = 0; i < NELLY_FILL_LEN; i++) {
         b = buf[i]-off;