diff --git a/bin/named/statschannel.c b/bin/named/statschannel.c
index b313558420..a2a6ec1ad7 100644
--- a/bin/named/statschannel.c
+++ b/bin/named/statschannel.c
@@ -895,13 +895,12 @@ zone_xmlrender(dns_zone_t *zone, void *arg) {
 	dns_zonestat_level_t statlevel;
 	isc_uint64_t nsstat_values[dns_nsstatscounter_max];
 	int xmlrc;
+	stats_dumparg_t dumparg;
 
 	statlevel = dns_zone_getstatlevel(zone);
 	if (statlevel == dns_zonestat_none)
 		return (ISC_R_SUCCESS);
 
-	stats_dumparg_t dumparg;
-
 	dumparg.type = statsformat_xml;
 	dumparg.arg = writer;