diff --git a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
index 8436f03eeeb..132670d5480 100644
--- a/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_cursesmodule.c
@@ -2261,9 +2261,9 @@ PyCurses_GetWin(PyCursesWindowObject *self, PyObject *stream)
     PyObject *data;
     size_t datalen;
     WINDOW *win;
+    _Py_IDENTIFIER(read);
 
     PyCursesInitialised;
-    _Py_IDENTIFIER(read);
 
     strcpy(fn, "/tmp/py.curses.getwin.XXXXXX");
     fd = mkstemp(fn);
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index a6f8c5a7089..92000024af3 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -1662,9 +1662,10 @@ getsockaddrarg(PySocketSockObject *s, PyObject *args,
             struct sockaddr_can *addr;
             PyObject *interfaceName;
             struct ifreq ifr;
-            addr = (struct sockaddr_can *)addr_ret;
             Py_ssize_t len;
 
+            addr = (struct sockaddr_can *)addr_ret;
+
             if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O&", PyUnicode_FSConverter,
                                               &interfaceName))
                 return 0;