diff --git a/sdl1/pdcdisp.c b/sdl1/pdcdisp.c
index d9a12f17..896af7be 100644
--- a/sdl1/pdcdisp.c
+++ b/sdl1/pdcdisp.c
@@ -312,8 +312,8 @@ void PDC_transform_line(int lineno, int x, int len, const chtype *srcp)
     int j;
 #ifdef PDC_WIDE
     Uint16 chstr[2] = {0, 0};
-#endif
     attr_t sysattrs = SP->termattrs;
+#endif
 
     PDC_LOG(("PDC_transform_line() - called: lineno=%d\n", lineno));
 
diff --git a/sdl2/pdcdisp.c b/sdl2/pdcdisp.c
index 44a928e5..5a5c46c9 100644
--- a/sdl2/pdcdisp.c
+++ b/sdl2/pdcdisp.c
@@ -314,8 +314,8 @@ void PDC_transform_line(int lineno, int x, int len, const chtype *srcp)
     int j;
 #ifdef PDC_WIDE
     Uint16 chstr[2] = {0, 0};
-#endif
     attr_t sysattrs = SP->termattrs;
+#endif
 
     PDC_LOG(("PDC_transform_line() - called: lineno=%d\n", lineno));