diff --git a/apps/app_festival.c b/apps/app_festival.c
index 4e1e47e8a5..de8c618518 100644
--- a/apps/app_festival.c
+++ b/apps/app_festival.c
@@ -121,6 +121,7 @@ static int send_waveform_to_fd(char *waveform, int length, int fd)
 	int x;
 #ifdef __PPC__ 
 	char c;
+	int x;
 #endif
 	sigset_t fullset, oldset;