diff --git a/lib/gitlab/auth.rb b/lib/gitlab/auth.rb
index 32e903905ad6e795198a3af75ec3b3d21f7f5206..0479006f993ea6aa10bc6497e84678f2a75bae11 100644
--- a/lib/gitlab/auth.rb
+++ b/lib/gitlab/auth.rb
@@ -4,7 +4,8 @@ module Gitlab
       def find(login, password, project:, ip:)
         raise "Must provide an IP for rate limiting" if ip.nil?
 
-        user, type = nil, nil
+        user = nil
+        type = nil
 
         if valid_ci_request?(login, password, project)
           type = :ci