diff --git a/libtcc.c b/libtcc.c
index ade4472..0f1fdd0 100644
--- a/libtcc.c
+++ b/libtcc.c
@@ -434,6 +434,7 @@ ST_FUNC void put_extern_sym2(Sym *sym, Section *section,
     ElfW(Sym) *esym;
     const char *name;
     char buf1[256];
+    char buf[32];
 
     if (section == NULL)
         sh_num = SHN_UNDEF;
@@ -463,7 +464,6 @@ ST_FUNC void put_extern_sym2(Sym *sym, Section *section,
         name = get_tok_str(sym->v, NULL);
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCC_BCHECK
         if (tcc_state->do_bounds_check) {
-    	    char buf[32];
             /* XXX: avoid doing that for statics ? */
             /* if bound checking is activated, we change some function
                names by adding the "__bound" prefix */