diff --git a/src/gpu/d3d11/SDL_gpu_d3d11.c b/src/gpu/d3d11/SDL_gpu_d3d11.c
index fa05a3e90acc0..75faf4f2760c9 100644
--- a/src/gpu/d3d11/SDL_gpu_d3d11.c
+++ b/src/gpu/d3d11/SDL_gpu_d3d11.c
@@ -4645,7 +4645,6 @@ static void D3D11_WaitForFences(
 	/* Check if we can perform any cleanups */
 	for (Sint32 i = renderer->submittedCommandBufferCount - 1; i >= 0; i -= 1)
 	{
-		BOOL queryData;
 		res = ID3D11DeviceContext_GetData(
 			renderer->immediateContext,
 			(ID3D11Asynchronous*) renderer->submittedCommandBuffers[i]->fence->handle,