1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/miscutils/less.c b/miscutils/less.c
index 99149a51d..d7898caab 100644
--- a/miscutils/less.c
+++ b/miscutils/less.c
@@ -670,9 +670,10 @@ static char *process_regex_on_line(char *line, regex_t *pattern) {
         char *line2 = (char *) malloc((sizeof(char) * (strlen(line) + 1)) + 64);
         char sub_line[256];
         int prev_eo = 0;
+        regmatch_t match_structs;
+        
         memset(sub_line, 0, 256);
         strcpy(line2, line);
-        regmatch_t match_structs;
 
         match_found = 0;
         match_status = regexec(pattern, line2, 1, &match_structs, 0);