1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/hostip6.c b/lib/hostip6.c
index fb2f35ce3..5511f1aab 100644
--- a/lib/hostip6.c
+++ b/lib/hostip6.c
@@ -102,14 +102,15 @@ static void dump_addrinfo(struct connectdata *conn, const Curl_addrinfo *ai)
   printf("dump_addrinfo:\n");
   for(; ai; ai = ai->ai_next) {
     char buf[INET6_ADDRSTRLEN];
-    char buffer[STRERROR_LEN];
     printf("    fam %2d, CNAME %s, ",
            ai->ai_family, ai->ai_canonname ? ai->ai_canonname : "<none>");
     if(Curl_printable_address(ai, buf, sizeof(buf)))
       printf("%s\n", buf);
-    else
+    else {
+      char buffer[STRERROR_LEN];
       printf("failed; %s\n",
              Curl_strerror(SOCKERRNO, buffer, sizeof(buffer)));
+    }
   }
 }
 #else