diff --git a/libraries/libldap/open.c b/libraries/libldap/open.c
index 5792b92e0a..53fdb9e547 100644
--- a/libraries/libldap/open.c
+++ b/libraries/libldap/open.c
@@ -132,9 +132,11 @@ ldap_init( char *defhost, int defport )
 }	/* The WinSock DLL is acceptable. Proceed. */
 
 #elif HAVE_WINSOCK
-	if ( WSAStartup( 0x0101, &wsadata ) != 0 ) {
+{	WSADATA wsaData
+	if ( WSAStartup( 0x0101, &wsaData ) != 0 ) {
 	    return( NULL );
 	}
+}
 #endif
 
 	if ( (ld = (LDAP *) calloc( 1, sizeof(LDAP) )) == NULL ) {