diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index fddd1dc291..7155146287 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-01-28  Tim-Philipp Müller  <tim at centricular dot net>
+
+	* gst/h264parse/gsth264parse.c: (gst_h264_parse_chain_forward):
+	  Try to avoid 'unused variable' compiler warning if debugging is
+	  disabled (not bullet proof, but seems to do for now). (#512654)
+
 2008-01-28  Sebastian Dröge  <slomo@circular-chaos.org>
 
 	* ext/soundtouch/gstbpmdetect.cc:
diff --git a/gst/h264parse/gsth264parse.c b/gst/h264parse/gsth264parse.c
index f40d83cd48..dee03969d5 100644
--- a/gst/h264parse/gsth264parse.c
+++ b/gst/h264parse/gsth264parse.c
@@ -427,8 +427,10 @@ gst_h264_parse_chain_forward (GstH264Parse * h264parse, gboolean discont,
     }
     /* Figure out if this is a delta unit */
     {
-      gint nal_type = (data[4] & 0x1f);
-      gint nal_ref_idc = (data[4] & 0x60) >> 5;
+      gint nal_type, nal_ref_idc;
+
+      nal_type = (data[4] & 0x1f);
+      nal_ref_idc = (data[4] & 0x60) >> 5;
 
       GST_DEBUG_OBJECT (h264parse, "NAL type: %d, ref_idc: %d", nal_type,
           nal_ref_idc);