diff --git a/gst/law/mulaw-conversion.c b/gst/law/mulaw-conversion.c
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 8afae806f7..190a9f5475
--- a/gst/law/mulaw-conversion.c
+++ b/gst/law/mulaw-conversion.c
@@ -51,9 +51,10 @@ mulaw_encode (gint16 * in, guint8 * out, gint numsamples)
     7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7,
     7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7, 7
   };
-  gint16 sign, exponent, mantissa, i;
+  gint16 sign, exponent, mantissa;
   gint16 sample;
   guint8 ulawbyte;
+  gint i;
 
   for (i = 0; i < numsamples; i++) {
     sample = in[i];
@@ -102,7 +103,8 @@ mulaw_decode (guint8 * in, gint16 * out, gint numsamples)
   static gint16 exp_lut[8] = { 0, 132, 396, 924, 1980, 4092, 8316, 16764 };
   gint16 sign, exponent, mantissa;
   guint8 ulawbyte;
-  gint16 linear, i;
+  gint16 linear;
+  gint i;
 
   for (i = 0; i < numsamples; i++) {
     ulawbyte = in[i];