diff --git a/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c b/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c
index 84f96763..900c4f4c 100644
--- a/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c
+++ b/src/opus_multistream_encoder.c
@@ -232,7 +232,6 @@ void surround_analysis(const CELTMode *celt_mode, const void *pcm, opus_val16 *b
    opus_val16 maskLogE[3][21];
    VARDECL(opus_val32, in);
    VARDECL(opus_val16, x);
-   VARDECL(opus_val32, out);
    VARDECL(opus_val32, freq);
    SAVE_STACK;