1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/vl.c b/vl.c
index 5856396d46..0adbbd6747 100644
--- a/vl.c
+++ b/vl.c
@@ -2061,7 +2061,6 @@ static void select_vgahw (const char *p)
 
 static DisplayType select_display(const char *p)
 {
-    Error *err = NULL;
     const char *opts;
     DisplayType display = DT_DEFAULT;
 
@@ -2130,6 +2129,7 @@ static DisplayType select_display(const char *p)
     } else if (strstart(p, "vnc", &opts)) {
 #ifdef CONFIG_VNC
         if (*opts == '=') {
+            Error *err = NULL;
             if (vnc_parse(opts + 1, &err) == NULL) {
                 error_report_err(err);
                 exit(1);