diff --git a/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/pdf/BarcodeDatamatrix.java b/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/pdf/BarcodeDatamatrix.java
index dd2d459b18..fc1be9ed04 100644
--- a/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/pdf/BarcodeDatamatrix.java
+++ b/itext/src/main/java/com/itextpdf/text/pdf/BarcodeDatamatrix.java
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ private static void randomizationAlgorithm255(byte[] data, int j) {
     }
 
     private static int X12Encodation(byte[] text, int textOffset, int textLength, byte[] data, int dataOffset, int dataLength, int symbolIndex, int prevEnc, int origDataOffset) {
-        int ptrIn, ptrOut, count, k, n, ci;
+        int ptrIn, ptrOut, count, k, n;
         boolean latch = true;
         byte c;
         if (textLength == 0)