1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/coreutils/cat.c b/coreutils/cat.c
index 5f02233ca..fb735f994 100644
--- a/coreutils/cat.c
+++ b/coreutils/cat.c
@@ -112,10 +112,10 @@ static int catv(unsigned opts, char **argv)
         int retval = EXIT_SUCCESS;
         int fd;
 #if ENABLE_FEATURE_CATN
-        unsigned lineno = 0;
-        unsigned eol_char = (opts & (CAT_OPT_n|CAT_OPT_b)) ? '\n' : 0x100;
+        bool eol_seen = (opts & (CAT_OPT_n|CAT_OPT_b));
+        unsigned eol_char = (eol_seen ? '\n' : 0x100);
         unsigned skip_num_on = (opts & CAT_OPT_b) ? '\n' : 0x100;
-        bool eol_seen = 1;
+        unsigned lineno = 0;
 #endif
 
         BUILD_BUG_ON(CAT_OPT_e != VISIBLE_ENDLINE);