diff --git a/CHANGES b/CHANGES
index c9f3b724..edf2a338 100644
--- a/CHANGES
+++ b/CHANGES
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ What's New for OpenJPEG
 + : added
 
 August 11, 2011
-! [mickael] fixed wrong patch with the return value of fgets into convert.c file
+* [mickael] fixed wrong patch with the return value of fgets into convert.c file
+* [mickael] fixed build error with position of variable declaration after patch 856
 
 August 10, 2011
 ! [mickael] removed unused parameters warnings with the solution proposed by myself and Bob Friesenhahn.
diff --git a/libopenjpeg/j2k.c b/libopenjpeg/j2k.c
index 32e8bd95..a07951ad 100644
--- a/libopenjpeg/j2k.c
+++ b/libopenjpeg/j2k.c
@@ -1861,10 +1861,10 @@ opj_image_t* j2k_decode_jpt_stream(opj_j2k_t *j2k, opj_cio_t *cio,  opj_codestre
 	opj_image_t *image = NULL;
 	opj_jpt_msg_header_t header;
 	int position;
+	opj_common_ptr cinfo = j2k->cinfo;
 
 	OPJ_ARG_NOT_USED(cstr_info);
 
-	opj_common_ptr cinfo = j2k->cinfo;
 	j2k->cio = cio;
 
 	/* create an empty image */