diff --git a/sql/log.cc b/sql/log.cc
index e5a0d78e8a9..5f6656f27de 100644
--- a/sql/log.cc
+++ b/sql/log.cc
@@ -5262,10 +5262,10 @@ static bool test_if_number(register const char *str,
 void sql_perror(const char *message)
 {
 #if defined(_WIN32)
-  char* buf;
-  DWORD dw= GetLastError();
-  if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |  FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
-        FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,  NULL, dw,
+  char* buf;
+  DWORD dw= GetLastError();
+  if (FormatMessage(FORMAT_MESSAGE_ALLOCATE_BUFFER |  FORMAT_MESSAGE_FROM_SYSTEM |
+        FORMAT_MESSAGE_IGNORE_INSERTS,  NULL, dw,
         MAKELANGID(LANG_NEUTRAL, SUBLANG_DEFAULT), (LPSTR)&buf, 0, NULL ) > 0)
   {
     sql_print_error("%s: %s",message, buf);