diff --git a/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c b/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c
index 374ec8dc1b..3bfabdc1b3 100644
--- a/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c
+++ b/libavcodec/sparc/dsputil_vis.c
@@ -3990,6 +3990,7 @@ static void MC_avg_no_round_xy_8_vis (uint8_t * dest, const uint8_t * _ref,
 
 static int vis_level ()
 {
+    int accel = 0;
     accel |= ACCEL_SPARC_VIS;
     accel |= ACCEL_SPARC_VIS2;
     return accel;