diff --git a/3rdparty/fcpp/cpp6.c b/3rdparty/fcpp/cpp6.c
index 1731c797..a0b0e051 100644
--- a/3rdparty/fcpp/cpp6.c
+++ b/3rdparty/fcpp/cpp6.c
@@ -481,9 +481,8 @@ char *savestring(struct Global *global, char *text)
   /*
    * Store a string into free memory.
    */
-  (void)global; // BK - not used but causes warning.
-
   char *result;
+  (void)global; // BK - not used but causes warning.
   result = malloc(strlen(text) + 1);
   strcpy(result, text);
   return (result);