diff --git a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
index 628ea236b..cb93d7638 100644
--- a/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
+++ b/gio/glocalfileinfo.c
@@ -1385,7 +1385,10 @@ get_content_type (const char          *basename,
 	{
 	  guchar sniff_buffer[4096];
 	  gsize sniff_length;
-	  int fd, errsv;
+#ifdef O_NOATIME
+	  int errsv;
+#endif
+	  int fd;
 
 	  sniff_length = _g_unix_content_type_get_sniff_len ();
 	  if (sniff_length == 0 || sniff_length > 4096)