diff --git a/src/textfile.c b/src/textfile.c
index 089cce8b9..3fb3c01bc 100644
--- a/src/textfile.c
+++ b/src/textfile.c
@@ -182,7 +182,8 @@ static int write_key(const char *pathname, const char *key, const char *value, i
 {
 	struct stat st;
 	char *map, *off, *end, *str;
-	off_t size; size_t base;
+	off_t size;
+	size_t base;
 	int fd, len, err = 0;
 
 	fd = open(pathname, O_RDWR);