1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/shell/match.c b/shell/match.c
index ee8abb2db..90f77546d 100644
--- a/shell/match.c
+++ b/shell/match.c
@@ -64,11 +64,10 @@ char* FAST_FUNC scan_and_match(char *string, const char *pattern, unsigned flags
         }
 
         while (loc != end) {
-                char c;
                 int r;
 
-                c = *loc;
                 if (flags & SCAN_MATCH_LEFT_HALF) {
+                        char c = *loc;
                         *loc = '\0';
                         r = fnmatch(pattern, string, 0);
                         //bb_error_msg("fnmatch('%s','%s',0):%d", pattern, string, r);