diff --git a/libImaging/JpegEncode.c b/libImaging/JpegEncode.c
index 75237d3df..50a8e7255 100644
--- a/libImaging/JpegEncode.c
+++ b/libImaging/JpegEncode.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ ImagingJpegEncode(Imaging im, ImagingCodecState state, UINT8* buf, int bytes)
 	    if (context->quality > 0) {
 		quality = context->quality;
 	    }
-        int last_q = 0;
+        int last_q;
         for (i = 0; i < context->qtablesLen; i++) {
             // TODO: Should add support for none baseline
             jpeg_add_quant_table(&context->cinfo, i, &context->qtables[i * DCTSIZE2],