diff --git a/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx b/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
index ee07266187..3d7a1c6155 100644
--- a/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
+++ b/panda/src/gobj/texture.cxx
@@ -4219,7 +4219,7 @@ read_dds_level_generic_uncompressed(Texture *tex, const DDSHeader &header,
       }
     }
     nassertr(p <= image.p() + size, false);
-    for (int b = 0; b < skip_bytes; ++b) {
+    for (int bi = 0; bi < skip_bytes; ++bi) {
       in.get();
     }
   }