diff --git a/src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c b/src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c
index 8829dda..1d2d45e 100644
--- src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c
+++ src/cairo-xcb-surface-render.c
@@ -1086,6 +1086,7 @@ _cairo_xcb_surface_picture (cairo_xcb_surface_t *target,
 	xcb_pixmap_t pixmap;
 	pixman_format_code_t pixman_format;
 	cairo_surface_pattern_t pattern;
+	cairo_status_t status;
 
 	/* XXX XRenderCreatePictureForNative:
 	 * Copy the source to a temporary pixmap if possible.