diff --git a/libs/libsndfile/src/alac.c b/libs/libsndfile/src/alac.c
index 6b35dd8f40..747e032769 100644
--- a/libs/libsndfile/src/alac.c
+++ b/libs/libsndfile/src/alac.c
@@ -428,8 +428,8 @@ alac_encode_block (SF_PRIVATE * psf, ALAC_PRIVATE *plac)
 {	ALAC_ENCODER *penc = &plac->encoder ;
 	uint32_t num_bytes = 0 ;
 #ifndef _MSC_VER
-	uint8_t byte_buffer [psf->sf.channels * ALAC_BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE] ;
-#else
+	uint8_t byte_buffer [psf->sf.channels * ALAC_BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE] ;
+#else
 	uint8_t* byte_buffer = (uint8_t*)_alloca (psf->sf.channels * ALAC_BYTE_BUFFER_SIZE) ;
 #endif