diff --git a/src/setup.c b/src/setup.c
index a52349246..99b6c7f6b 100644
--- a/src/setup.c
+++ b/src/setup.c
@@ -920,10 +920,11 @@ load_setup (void)
 {
     const char *profile;
     size_t i;
-    char *buffer;
     const char *kt;
 
 #ifdef HAVE_CHARSET
+    char *buffer;
+
     load_codepages_list ();
 #endif /* HAVE_CHARSET */