1 files changed, 2 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/src/regex.c b/src/regex.c
index 28813304c8a..472ef727979 100644
--- a/src/regex.c
+++ b/src/regex.c
@@ -5160,13 +5160,11 @@ re_match_2_internal (struct re_pattern_buffer *bufp, const re_char *string1,
             {
               /* 1 if this match ends in the same string (string1 or string2)
                  as the best previous match.  */
-              boolean same_str_p;
+              boolean same_str_p = (FIRST_STRING_P (match_end)
+                                    == FIRST_STRING_P (d));
               /* 1 if this match is the best seen so far.  */
               boolean best_match_p;
 
-              same_str_p = (FIRST_STRING_P (match_end)
-                            == FIRST_STRING_P (d));
-
               /* AIX compiler got confused when this was combined
                  with the previous declaration.  */
               if (same_str_p)