1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/ls.c b/coreutils/ls.c
index 22286d713..4cc9517b1 100644
--- a/coreutils/ls.c
+++ b/coreutils/ls.c
@@ -482,12 +482,11 @@ static NOINLINE unsigned display_single(const struct dnode *dn)
         int opt;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES || ENABLE_FEATURE_LS_COLOR
         struct stat statbuf;
-        char append;
 #endif
-
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_LS_FILETYPES
-        append = append_char(dn->dn_mode);
+        char append = append_char(dn->dn_mode);
 #endif
+
         opt = option_mask32;
 
         /* Do readlink early, so that if it fails, error message