1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/src/process.c b/src/process.c
index 39fa26e8b54..a026174bd23 100644
--- a/src/process.c
+++ b/src/process.c
@@ -545,7 +545,6 @@ allocate_pty (void)
     for (i = 0; i < 16; i++)
 #endif
       {
-        struct stat stb;        /* Used in some PTY_OPEN.  */
 #ifdef PTY_NAME_SPRINTF
         PTY_NAME_SPRINTF
 #else
@@ -562,6 +561,7 @@ allocate_pty (void)
                three failures in a row before deciding that we've reached the
                end of the ptys.  */
             int failed_count = 0;
+            struct stat stb;
 
             if (stat (pty_name, &stb) < 0)
               {