diff --git a/libavutil/mem.h b/libavutil/mem.h
index b9ff44d4f1..3c7284dd00 100644
--- a/libavutil/mem.h
+++ b/libavutil/mem.h
@@ -28,7 +28,11 @@
 
 #ifdef __GNUC__
   #define DECLARE_ALIGNED(n,t,v)       t v __attribute__ ((aligned (n)))
+#ifdef __ICC
+  #define DECLARE_ASM_CONST(n,t,v)     const t __attribute__ ((aligned (n))) v
+#else
   #define DECLARE_ASM_CONST(n,t,v)     static const t v attribute_used __attribute__ ((aligned (n)))
+#endif
 #else
   #define DECLARE_ALIGNED(n,t,v)      __declspec(align(n)) t v
   #define DECLARE_ASM_CONST(n,t,v)    __declspec(align(n)) static const t v