diff --git a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
index 1ab8693..ccd1b49 100644
--- a/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
+++ b/media/libmedia/AudioTrack.cpp
@@ -1104,13 +1104,13 @@
     }
 
     const struct timespec *requested;
+    struct timespec timeout;
     if (waitCount == -1) {
         requested = &ClientProxy::kForever;
     } else if (waitCount == 0) {
         requested = &ClientProxy::kNonBlocking;
     } else if (waitCount > 0) {
         long long ms = WAIT_PERIOD_MS * (long long) waitCount;
-        struct timespec timeout;
         timeout.tv_sec = ms / 1000;
         timeout.tv_nsec = (int) (ms % 1000) * 1000000;
         requested = &timeout;