diff --git a/src/ssl.c b/src/ssl.c
index cff4aa05e..a27fe025f 100644
--- a/src/ssl.c
+++ b/src/ssl.c
@@ -15634,13 +15634,13 @@ int wolfSSL_set_compression(WOLFSSL* ssl)
                                        const unsigned char* in,
                                        long sz, int format)
     {
+        int verify;
         WOLFSSL_ENTER("wolfSSL_CTX_trust_peer_buffer");
 
         /* sanity check on arguments */
         if (sz < 0 || in == NULL || ctx == NULL) {
             return BAD_FUNC_ARG;
         }
-        int verify;
 
         verify = GET_VERIFY_SETTING_CTX(ctx);
         if (WOLFSSL_LOAD_VERIFY_DEFAULT_FLAGS &