diff --git a/lib/libalpm/dload.c b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
index dc4f91e5..ac47e94a 100644
--- a/lib/libalpm/dload.c
+++ b/lib/libalpm/dload.c
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@
 #include "util.h"
 #include "handle.h"
 
+#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
+static double prevprogress; /* last download amount */
+
 static const char *get_filename(const char *url)
 {
 	char *filename = strrchr(url, '/');
@@ -51,9 +54,6 @@ static const char *get_filename(const char *url)
 	return filename;
 }
 
-#ifdef HAVE_LIBCURL
-static double prevprogress; /* last download amount */
-
 static char *get_fullpath(const char *path, const char *filename,
 		const char *suffix)
 {