malloc.c: Move variable declaration used in -DDEBUGGING above code, #134071

1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/malloc.c b/malloc.c
index 72cf2cd307..ed392ee5ba 100644
--- a/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc.c
@@ -1229,6 +1229,9 @@ Perl_malloc(size_t nbytes)
         dVAR;
   	union overhead *p;
   	int bucket;
+#if defined(DEBUGGING) || defined(RCHECK)
+	MEM_SIZE size = nbytes;
+#endif
 
         /* A structure that has more than PTRDIFF_MAX bytes is unfortunately
          * legal in C, but in such, if two elements are far enough apart, we
@@ -1242,10 +1245,6 @@ Perl_malloc(size_t nbytes)
             return NULL;
         }
 
-#if defined(DEBUGGING) || defined(RCHECK)
-	MEM_SIZE size = nbytes;
-#endif
-
 	BARK_64K_LIMIT("Allocation",nbytes,nbytes);
 #ifdef DEBUGGING
 	if ((long)nbytes < 0)