diff --git a/http-push.c b/http-push.c
index b3d5c4512a69b9b10b409c18e5a4e5f4d17d92eb..7f36a4087081de8ee7ee67092560b8c9c56b3710 100644
--- a/http-push.c
+++ b/http-push.c
@@ -2297,7 +2297,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		repo->url = rewritten_url;
 	}
 
+#ifdef USE_CURL_MULTI
 	is_running_queue = 0;
+#endif
 
 	/* Verify DAV compliance/lock support */
 	if (!locking_available()) {