diff --git a/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp b/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
index a3ac039c2..2c95eace3 100644
--- a/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
+++ b/src/video_compress/libavcodec.cpp
@@ -768,6 +768,8 @@ static list<enum AVPixelFormat> get_available_pix_fmts(struct video_desc in_desc
         if (regex_match(codec->name, regex(".*vaapi.*"))) {
                 fmts.push_back(AV_PIX_FMT_VAAPI);
         }
+#else
+        UNUSED(codec);
 #endif
 
         // add the format itself if it matches the ultragrid one