diff --git a/tools/c-index-test/c-index-test.c b/tools/c-index-test/c-index-test.c
index 0df590d..fa6fc56 100644
--- a/tools/c-index-test/c-index-test.c
+++ b/tools/c-index-test/c-index-test.c
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
   
   N = clang_getNumCompletionChunks(completion_string);
   for (I = 0; I != N; ++I) {
+    const char *text = 0;
     enum CXCompletionChunkKind Kind
       = clang_getCompletionChunkKind(completion_string, I);
     
@@ -175,8 +176,7 @@
       continue;
     }
     
-    const char *text 
-      = clang_getCompletionChunkText(completion_string, I);
+    text = clang_getCompletionChunkText(completion_string, I);
     fprintf(file, "{%s %s}", 
             clang_getCompletionChunkKindSpelling(Kind),
             text? text : "");