diff --git a/src/path.c b/src/path.c
index eb1e065f9..3eaacb33b 100644
--- a/src/path.c
+++ b/src/path.c
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ PyPath_Flatten(PyObject* data, double **pxy)
         /* Assume the buffer contains floats */
         Py_buffer buffer;
         if (PyImaging_GetBuffer(data, &buffer) == 0) {
-            int n = buffer.len / (2 * sizeof(float));
+            n = buffer.len / (2 * sizeof(float));
             float *ptr = (float*) buffer.buf;
             xy = alloc_array(n);
             if (!xy)