diff --git a/libavcodec/x86/huffyuvencdsp_init.c b/libavcodec/x86/huffyuvencdsp_init.c
index c46be95cb9..b4dd69bd28 100644
--- a/libavcodec/x86/huffyuvencdsp_init.c
+++ b/libavcodec/x86/huffyuvencdsp_init.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ void ff_sub_hfyu_median_pred_int16_avx2(uint16_t *dst, const uint16_t *src1, con
 
 av_cold void ff_huffyuvencdsp_init_x86(HuffYUVEncDSPContext *c, int bpp, int width)
 {
-    av_unused int cpu_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
+    int cpu_flags = av_get_cpu_flags();
 
     if (EXTERNAL_SSE2(cpu_flags)) {
         c->diff_int16 = ff_diff_int16_sse2;