diff --git a/src/auth_url.c b/src/auth_url.c
index 93110485..3147a72a 100644
--- a/src/auth_url.c
+++ b/src/auth_url.c
@@ -84,9 +84,11 @@ typedef struct {
 
 
 static void auth_url_clear(auth_t *self)
-{
+{
+    auth_url *url;
+
     INFO0 ("Doing auth URL cleanup");
-    auth_url *url = self->state;
+    url = self->state;
     curl_easy_cleanup (url->handle);
     free (url->username);
     free (url->password);