diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 4888c1a9bf..4b888ce70f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-06-10  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
+
+	* gst/gst.c: (init_post):
+	  move pid declaration to declaration block
+
 2006-06-10  Thomas Vander Stichele  <thomas at apestaart dot org>
 
 	* gst/gst.c: (init_post):
diff --git a/gst/gst.c b/gst/gst.c
index dcebcfb52a..6a31275b14 100644
--- a/gst/gst.c
+++ b/gst/gst.c
@@ -603,6 +603,10 @@ init_post (void)
     gboolean changed = FALSE;
     GList *l;
 
+#ifdef HAVE_FORK
+    pid_t pid;
+#endif
+
     for (l = plugin_paths; l != NULL; l = l->next) {
       GST_INFO ("Scanning plugin path: \"%s\"", (gchar *) l->data);
       /* CHECKME: add changed |= here as well? */
@@ -612,10 +616,6 @@ init_post (void)
     g_list_free (plugin_paths);
     plugin_paths = NULL;
 
-#ifdef HAVE_FORK
-    pid_t pid;
-#endif
-
     default_registry = gst_registry_get_default ();
     registry_file = g_strdup (g_getenv ("GST_REGISTRY"));
     if (registry_file == NULL) {