diff --git a/src/encoder/encoderwave.cpp b/src/encoder/encoderwave.cpp
index 91e90874cb3..7d6e8f63e77 100644
--- a/src/encoder/encoderwave.cpp
+++ b/src/encoder/encoderwave.cpp
@@ -166,17 +166,14 @@ void EncoderWave::initStream() {
     // However, while formats like Ogg/Vorbis and FLAC fully support utf-8, others like WAV and
     // AIFF officially only support ASCII. Writing utf-8 strings to WAV and AIF files with
     // libsndfile will work when read back with libsndfile, but may not work with other programs.
-    int ret;
     if (!m_metaDataTitle.isEmpty()) {
-        ret = sf_set_string(m_pSndfile, SF_STR_TITLE, m_metaDataTitle.toUtf8().constData());
-        if (ret != 0) {
+        if (int ret = sf_set_string(m_pSndfile, SF_STR_TITLE, m_metaDataTitle.toUtf8().constData()); ret != 0) {
             qWarning("libsndfile error: %s", sf_error_number(ret));
         }
     }
 
     if (!m_metaDataArtist.isEmpty()) {
-        ret = sf_set_string(m_pSndfile, SF_STR_ARTIST, m_metaDataArtist.toUtf8().constData());
-        if (ret != 0) {
+        if (int ret = sf_set_string(m_pSndfile, SF_STR_ARTIST, m_metaDataArtist.toUtf8().constData()); ret != 0) {
             qWarning("libsndfile error: %s", sf_error_number(ret));
         }
     }
@@ -187,8 +184,7 @@ void EncoderWave::initStream() {
             // write the SF_STR_COMMENT string into the text chunk with id "ANNO".
             strType = SF_STR_COMMENT;
         }
-        ret = sf_set_string(m_pSndfile, strType, m_metaDataAlbum.toUtf8().constData());
-        if (ret != 0) {
+        if (int ret = sf_set_string(m_pSndfile, strType, m_metaDataAlbum.toUtf8().constData()); ret != 0) {
             qWarning("libsndfile error: %s", sf_error_number(ret));
         }
     }