diff --git a/libavformat/matroskadec.c b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
index 2684d6e6d9..e5fbd43266 100644
--- a/libavformat/matroskadec.c
+++ b/libavformat/matroskadec.c
@@ -1188,7 +1188,6 @@ static int matroska_parse_seekhead_entry(MatroskaDemuxContext *matroska, int idx
 static void matroska_execute_seekhead(MatroskaDemuxContext *matroska)
 {
     EbmlList *seekhead_list = &matroska->seekhead;
-    MatroskaSeekhead *seekhead = seekhead_list->elem;
     int64_t before_pos = avio_tell(matroska->ctx->pb);
     int i;
 
@@ -1198,6 +1197,7 @@ static void matroska_execute_seekhead(MatroskaDemuxContext *matroska)
         return;
 
     for (i = 0; i < seekhead_list->nb_elem; i++) {
+        MatroskaSeekhead *seekhead = seekhead_list->elem;
         if (seekhead[i].pos <= before_pos)
             continue;