diff --git a/lib_dec/lib_dec.c b/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
index 82de3a83eb881fae654d0bc3a3b3ed28a18a4809..81545fc6bd4bee4e35a4fe4c308ebad75e4bd388 100644
--- a/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
+++ b/lib_dec/lib_dec.c
@@ -1656,9 +1656,13 @@ static ivas_error IVAS_DEC_GetRenderedSamples(
     st_ivas = hIvasDec->st_ivas;
 
 #ifdef FIX_HRTF_LOAD
-    // temp code to make HRTF changes working in the old API structure
-    uint16_t nSamplesRendered_loop = 0;
-    uint8_t nOutChannels = (uint8_t) st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->nchan_out;
+    /* temp code to make HRTF changes working in the old API structure */
+    uint16_t nSamplesRendered_loop;
+    uint8_t nOutChannels;
+
+    nSamplesRendered_loop = 0;
+    nOutChannels = (uint8_t) st_ivas->hDecoderConfig->nchan_out;
+
     hIvasDec->hasBeenFedFrame = false;
 
     /* check for possible flushed samples from a rate switch */