diff --git a/Python/pythonrun.c b/Python/pythonrun.c
index 08091b7..74e3430 100644
--- a/Python/pythonrun.c
+++ b/Python/pythonrun.c
@@ -1586,8 +1586,7 @@
 {
 	mod_ty mod;
 	perrdetail err;
-	int iflags;
-	iflags = PARSER_FLAGS(flags);
+	int iflags = PARSER_FLAGS(flags);
 
 	node *n = PyParser_ParseStringFlagsFilenameEx(s, filename,
 					&_PyParser_Grammar, start, &err,
@@ -1614,9 +1613,8 @@
 {
 	mod_ty mod;
 	perrdetail err;
-	int iflags;
+	int iflags = PARSER_FLAGS(flags);
 
-	iflags = PARSER_FLAGS(flags);
 	node *n = PyParser_ParseFileFlagsEx(fp, filename, enc,
 					  &_PyParser_Grammar,
 				start, ps1, ps2, &err, &iflags);