diff --git a/libavfilter/vf_qp.c b/libavfilter/vf_qp.c
index e4b6bf0ff8..33d39493bc 100644
--- a/libavfilter/vf_qp.c
+++ b/libavfilter/vf_qp.c
@@ -123,7 +123,6 @@ static int filter_frame(AVFilterLink *inlink, AVFrame *in)
                 double var_values[] = { !!in_qp_table, qp, x, y, s->qstride, s->h, 0};
                 static const char *var_names[] = { "known", "qp", "x", "y", "w", "h", NULL };
                 double temp_val;
-                int ret;
 
                 ret = av_expr_parse_and_eval(&temp_val, s->qp_expr_str,
                                             var_names, var_values,