diff --git a/libvncserver/rfbserver.c b/libvncserver/rfbserver.c
index 905fffe..e809110 100644
--- a/libvncserver/rfbserver.c
+++ b/libvncserver/rfbserver.c
@@ -369,9 +369,9 @@ rfbNewTCPOrUDPClient(rfbScreenInfoPtr rfbScreen,
       UNLOCK(rfbClientListMutex);
 
 #ifdef LIBVNCSERVER_HAVE_LIBZ
+      cl->tightQualityLevel = -1;
 #ifdef LIBVNCSERVER_HAVE_LIBJPEG
       cl->tightCompressLevel = TIGHT_DEFAULT_COMPRESSION;
-      cl->tightQualityLevel = -1;
       {
 	int i;
 	for (i = 0; i < 4; i++)
@@ -2004,12 +2004,12 @@ rfbProcessClientNormalMessage(rfbClientPtr cl)
 		    cl->tightCompressLevel = enc & 0x0F;
 		    rfbLog("Using compression level %d for client %s\n",
 			   cl->tightCompressLevel, cl->host);
+#endif
 		} else if ( enc >= (uint32_t)rfbEncodingQualityLevel0 &&
 			    enc <= (uint32_t)rfbEncodingQualityLevel9 ) {
 		    cl->tightQualityLevel = enc & 0x0F;
 		    rfbLog("Using image quality level %d for client %s\n",
 			   cl->tightQualityLevel, cl->host);
-#endif
 		} else
 #endif
 		{
diff --git a/rfb/rfb.h b/rfb/rfb.h
index aed454c..4f3a664 100644
--- a/rfb/rfb.h
+++ b/rfb/rfb.h
@@ -525,6 +525,8 @@ typedef struct _rfbClientRec {
     struct z_stream_s compStream;
     rfbBool compStreamInited;
     uint32_t zlibCompressLevel;
+    /* the quality level is also used by ZYWRLE */
+    int tightQualityLevel;
 
 #ifdef LIBVNCSERVER_HAVE_LIBJPEG
     /* tight encoding -- preserve zlib streams' state for each client */
@@ -532,7 +534,6 @@ typedef struct _rfbClientRec {
     rfbBool zsActive[4];
     int zsLevel[4];
     int tightCompressLevel;
-    int tightQualityLevel;
 #endif
 #endif