diff --git a/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c b/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c
index 8602881e7..e588af931 100644
--- a/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c
+++ b/src/haproxy-systemd-wrapper.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ static void init(int argc, char **argv)
 int main(int argc, char **argv)
 {
 	int status;
+	struct sigaction sa;
 
 	wrapper_argc = argc;
 	wrapper_argv = argv;
@@ -170,7 +171,6 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 	--argc; ++argv;
 	init(argc, argv);
 
-	struct sigaction sa;
 	memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(struct sigaction));
 	sa.sa_handler = &signal_handler;
 	sigaction(SIGUSR2, &sa, NULL);