diff --git a/src/branch2.cpp b/src/branch2.cpp
index dedd8ca0..1aacc284 100644
--- a/src/branch2.cpp
+++ b/src/branch2.cpp
@@ -70,13 +70,12 @@ Branch2::operator=(Branch2 const &b_)
 bool
 Branch2::matches_exclude(ghc::filesystem::path const &path_) const
 {
+  int rv;  
   const char *path;
 
   path = path_.string().c_str();
   for(auto const &pattern : exclude_patterns)
     {
-      int rv;
-
       rv = ::fnmatch(pattern.c_str(),path,FNM_EXTMATCH);
       if(rv == 0)
         return true;