1 files changed, 7 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/executable.c b/libbb/executable.c
index bd3022b13..e20bf89e4 100644
--- a/libbb/executable.c
+++ b/libbb/executable.c
@@ -39,9 +39,6 @@ char* FAST_FUNC find_executable(const char *filename, char **PATHp)
          * following the rest of the list.
          */
         char *p, *n;
-#if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
-        char *w;
-#endif
 
         p = *PATHp;
         while (p) {
@@ -53,14 +50,16 @@ char* FAST_FUNC find_executable(const char *filename, char **PATHp)
                         p[0] ? p : ".", /* handle "::" case */
                         filename
                 );
-                if (n) *n++ = PATH_SEP;
 #if ENABLE_PLATFORM_MINGW32
-                w = alloc_system_drive(p);
-                add_win32_extension(w);
-                free(p);
-                p = w;
+                {
+                        char *w = alloc_system_drive(p);
+                        add_win32_extension(w);
+                        free(p);
+                        p = w;
+                }
 #endif
                 ex = file_is_executable(p);
+                if (n) *n++ = PATH_SEP;
                 if (ex) {
                         *PATHp = n;
                         return p;