diff --git a/libavcodec/utils.c b/libavcodec/utils.c
index d028a514b9..0397d3b68d 100644
--- a/libavcodec/utils.c
+++ b/libavcodec/utils.c
@@ -2014,7 +2014,6 @@ static int add_metadata_from_side_data(AVCodecContext *avctx, AVFrame *frame)
 {
     int size;
     const uint8_t *side_metadata;
-    const uint8_t *end;
 
     AVDictionary **frame_md = avpriv_frame_get_metadatap(frame);