diff --git a/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c b/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c
index 674e6a8321..2f0b025079 100644
--- a/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c
+++ b/src/backend/catalog/indexing.c
@@ -187,8 +187,9 @@ CatalogTupleCheckConstraints(Relation heapRel, HeapTuple tup)
 	{
 		TupleDesc	tupdesc = RelationGetDescr(heapRel);
 		bits8	   *bp = tup->t_data->t_bits;
+		int			attnum;
 
-		for (int attnum = 0; attnum < tupdesc->natts; attnum++)
+		for (attnum = 0; attnum < tupdesc->natts; attnum++)
 		{
 			Form_pg_attribute thisatt = TupleDescAttr(tupdesc, attnum);