1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/echo.c b/coreutils/echo.c
index 61ba060ec..aab177cee 100644
--- a/coreutils/echo.c
+++ b/coreutils/echo.c
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@ int echo_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
         char *out;
         char *buffer;
         unsigned buflen;
+        int err;
 #if !ENABLE_FEATURE_FANCY_ECHO
         enum {
                 eflag = 0,  /* 0 -- disable escape sequences */
@@ -97,7 +98,6 @@ int echo_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 #else
         char nflag = 1;
         char eflag = 0;
-        int err;
 
         while ((arg = *++argv) != NULL) {
                 char n, e;