string.c: Fix a statement-before-declaration issue.

diff --git a/string.c b/string.c
index 22d39056e8cbf6169914c25c58b6eb56b45f9cdf..d340811e6f42b23ce7cec7b4e6a03653ac9522e2 100644 (file)
--- a/string.c
+++ b/string.c
@@ -93,8 +93,9 @@ __must_check __malloc void *dss_realloc(void *p, size_t size)
  */
 __must_check __malloc void *dss_malloc(size_t size)
 {
+       void *p;
        assert(size);
-       void *p = malloc(size);
+       p = malloc(size);
 
        if (!p) {
                DSS_EMERG_LOG("malloc failed (size = %zu),  aborting\n",