diff --git a/src/lib9/encodefmt.c b/src/lib9/encodefmt.c
index 2787816..6e12798 100644
--- a/src/lib9/encodefmt.c
+++ b/src/lib9/encodefmt.c
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 encodefmt(Fmt *f)
 {
 	char *out;
-	char *buf;
+	char *buf, *p;
 	int len;
 	int ilen;
 	int rv;