diff --git a/libavformat/nutenc.c b/libavformat/nutenc.c
index c335e6455a..3146f8927f 100644
--- a/libavformat/nutenc.c
+++ b/libavformat/nutenc.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static void build_frame_code(AVFormatContext *s)
         int start2 = start + (end - start) * stream_id       / s->nb_streams;
         int end2   = start + (end - start) * (stream_id + 1) / s->nb_streams;
         AVCodecContext *codec = s->streams[stream_id]->codec;
+        const AVCodecDescriptor *desc = avcodec_descriptor_get(codec->codec_id);
         int is_audio          = codec->codec_type == AVMEDIA_TYPE_AUDIO;
         int intra_only        = /*codec->intra_only || */ is_audio;
         int pred_count;
@@ -419,6 +420,7 @@ static int write_streamheader(AVFormatContext *avctx, AVIOContext *bc,
 {
     NUTContext *nut       = avctx->priv_data;
     AVCodecContext *codec = st->codec;
+    const AVCodecDescriptor *desc = avcodec_descriptor_get(codec->codec_id);
 
     ff_put_v(bc, i);
     switch (codec->codec_type) {