diff --git a/Lib/shutil.py b/Lib/shutil.py
index f02a2d9..1d86df3 100644
--- a/Lib/shutil.py
+++ b/Lib/shutil.py
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@
     if _samefile(src, dst):
         raise Error("`%s` and `%s` are the same file" % (src, dst))
 
-    fsrc = None
-    fdst = None
     for fn in [src, dst]:
         try:
             st = os.stat(fn)
@@ -79,6 +77,7 @@
             # XXX What about other special files? (sockets, devices...)
             if stat.S_ISFIFO(st.st_mode):
                 raise SpecialFileError("`%s` is a named pipe" % fn)
+
     with open(src, 'rb') as fsrc:
         with open(dst, 'wb') as fdst:
             copyfileobj(fsrc, fdst)