diff --git a/src/sound/snd_sb.c b/src/sound/snd_sb.c
index 9dc7724a4..80642adbe 100644
--- a/src/sound/snd_sb.c
+++ b/src/sound/snd_sb.c
@@ -1292,6 +1292,7 @@ sb_ct1745_mixer_read(uint16_t addr, void *priv)
                 break;
 
             case 0x82:
+                ; /* Empty statement to make compilers happy about the following variable declaration. */
                 /* The Interrupt status register, addressed as register 82h on the Mixer register map,
                    is used by the ISR to determine whether the interrupt is meant for it or for some
                    other ISR, in which case it should chain to the previous routine. */