diff --git a/apps/s_socket.c b/apps/s_socket.c
index a9228f42a6b2b433ffdb263cd0b7a6fe59422e9c..57474753993d5334f8b8d737561fc06467e1f437 100644
--- a/apps/s_socket.c
+++ b/apps/s_socket.c
@@ -400,6 +400,7 @@ redoit:
 	if (ret == INVALID_SOCKET)
 		{
 #if defined(OPENSSL_SYS_WINDOWS) || (defined(OPENSSL_SYS_NETWARE) && !defined(NETWARE_BSDSOCK))
+		int i;
 		i=WSAGetLastError();
 		BIO_printf(bio_err,"accept error %d\n",i);
 #else