diff --git a/Tk/tkImaging.c b/Tk/tkImaging.c
index 7f030bf89..5999a140a 100644
--- a/Tk/tkImaging.c
+++ b/Tk/tkImaging.c
@@ -371,7 +371,8 @@ int load_tkinter_funcs(void)
 #if PY_VERSION_HEX >= 0x03000000
 char *fname2char(PyObject *fname)
 {
-    PyObject *bytes = PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault(fname);
+    PyObject* bytes;
+    bytes = PyUnicode_EncodeFSDefault(fname);
     if (bytes == NULL) {
         return NULL;
     }
@@ -391,9 +392,10 @@ void *_dfunc(void *lib_handle, const char *func_name)
      * Returns function pointer or NULL if not present.
      */
 
+    void* func;
     /* Reset errors. */
     dlerror();
-    void *func = dlsym(lib_handle, func_name);
+    func = dlsym(lib_handle, func_name);
     if (func == NULL) {
         const char *error = dlerror();
         PyErr_SetString(PyExc_RuntimeError, error);