1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/src/tcp.c b/src/tcp.c
index 162d5af..7ff3054 100644
--- a/src/tcp.c
+++ b/src/tcp.c
@@ -228,8 +228,10 @@ static int meth_connect(lua_State *L)
 
 static int meth_connected(lua_State *L)
 {
-    p_tcp tcp = (p_tcp) aux_checkclass(L, "tcp{master}", 1);
-    int err = sock_connected(&tcp->sock, &tcp->tm);
+    p_tcp tcp;
+    int err;
+    tcp = (p_tcp) aux_checkclass(L, "tcp{master}", 1);
+    err = sock_connected(&tcp->sock, &tcp->tm);
     if (err != IO_DONE) {
         lua_pushnil(L);
         lua_pushstring(L, sock_strerror(err));