diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
index 4aeccc5b7e..bdb8d9ef49 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder.c
@@ -803,8 +803,11 @@ gst_vaapi_encoder_reconfigure_internal (GstVaapiEncoder * encoder)
   GstVideoInfo *const vip = GST_VAAPI_ENCODER_VIDEO_INFO (encoder);
   GstVaapiEncoderStatus status;
   GstVaapiVideoPool *pool;
-  guint codedbuf_size, target_percentage, quality_level_max = 0;
+  guint codedbuf_size, target_percentage;
   guint fps_d, fps_n;
+#if VA_CHECK_VERSION(0,36,0)
+  guint quality_level_max = 0;
+#endif
 
   fps_d = GST_VIDEO_INFO_FPS_D (vip);
   fps_n = GST_VIDEO_INFO_FPS_N (vip);
diff --git a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_h264.c b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_h264.c
index b76ccb63c1..42a05db3a5 100644
--- a/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_h264.c
+++ b/gst-libs/gst/vaapi/gstvaapiencoder_h264.c
@@ -2179,8 +2179,10 @@ static gboolean
 ensure_misc_params (GstVaapiEncoderH264 * encoder, GstVaapiEncPicture * picture)
 {
   GstVaapiEncoder *const base_encoder = GST_VAAPI_ENCODER_CAST (encoder);
+#if VA_CHECK_VERSION(0,39,1)
   GstVaapiEncMiscParam *misc;
   guint num_roi;
+#endif
 
   if (!gst_vaapi_encoder_ensure_param_control_rate (base_encoder, picture))
     return FALSE;
@@ -2203,11 +2205,10 @@ ensure_misc_params (GstVaapiEncoderH264 * encoder, GstVaapiEncPicture * picture)
         goto error_create_packed_sei_hdr;
     }
   }
-
+#if VA_CHECK_VERSION(0,39,1)
   /* region-of-interest params */
   num_roi = base_encoder->roi_regions ?
       g_list_length (base_encoder->roi_regions) : 0;
-#if VA_CHECK_VERSION(0,39,1)
   if (num_roi > 0) {
     /* ROI(Region of Interest) params */
     VAEncMiscParameterBufferROI *roi_param;