diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/Player.java b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/Player.java
index e09532f413c..195bf7392d2 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/Player.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/schabi/newpipe/player/Player.java
@@ -1432,7 +1432,7 @@ public void onPlayerError(@NonNull final PlaybackException error) {
                 break;
             case ERROR_CODE_FAILED_RUNTIME_CHECK:
                 // Try to handle tunneling related exceptions
-                String stackTrace = Log.getStackTraceString(error.getCause());
+                final String stackTrace = Log.getStackTraceString(error.getCause());
                 Log.d(TAG, "Unexpected PlaybackException! Cause: " + stackTrace);
                 if (trackSelector.getParameters().tunnelingEnabled
                         && stackTrace.contains("Surface")) {