diff --git a/libavutil/internal.h b/libavutil/internal.h
index 06bd561e82..4acbcf56cb 100644
--- a/libavutil/internal.h
+++ b/libavutil/internal.h
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 #endif
 
 #ifndef emms_c
-#   define emms_c() while(0)
+#   define emms_c() do {} while(0)
 #endif
 
 #ifndef attribute_align_arg