1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/paste.c b/coreutils/paste.c
index 54e15c9a0..d929d6aa0 100644
--- a/coreutils/paste.c
+++ b/coreutils/paste.c
@@ -36,11 +36,12 @@ static void paste_files(FILE** files, int file_cnt, char* delims, int del_cnt)
 {
         char *line;
         char delim;
-        int del_idx = 0;
         int active_files = file_cnt;
         int i;
 
         while (active_files > 0) {
+                int del_idx = 0;
+
                 for (i = 0; i < file_cnt; ++i) {
                         if (files[i] == NULL)
                                 continue;
@@ -70,10 +71,11 @@ static void paste_files_separate(FILE** files, char* delims, int del_cnt)
 {
         char *line, *next_line;
         char delim;
-        int del_idx = 0;
         int i;
 
         for (i = 0; files[i]; ++i) {
+                int del_idx = 0;
+
                 line = NULL;
                 while ((next_line = xmalloc_fgetline(files[i])) != NULL) {
                         if (line) {