diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 48cd7215..81c6d362 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,4 +1,8 @@
-2014-11-20  Gisle Vanem  <gvanem@yahoo.no>
+2014-12-03  Gisle Vanem  <gvanem@yahoo.no>
+
+	* openssl.c (ssl_init): Fix C89 warning
+
+2014-12-03  Gisle Vanem  <gvanem@yahoo.no>
 
 	* mswindows.c (ws_cleanup): Fix compiler error
 
diff --git a/src/openssl.c b/src/openssl.c
index 81da5a2b..68cd11a1 100644
--- a/src/openssl.c
+++ b/src/openssl.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ bool
 ssl_init (void)
 {
   SSL_METHOD const *meth;
+  long ssl_options = 0;
 
 #if OPENSSL_VERSION_NUMBER >= 0x00907000
   if (ssl_true_initialized == 0)
@@ -203,8 +204,6 @@ ssl_init (void)
   SSLeay_add_all_algorithms ();
   SSLeay_add_ssl_algorithms ();
 
-  long ssl_options = 0;
-
   switch (opt.secure_protocol)
     {
 #ifndef OPENSSL_NO_SSL2