diff --git a/PC/winsound.c b/PC/winsound.c
index 81e3917ed66..bc30ccc584f 100644
--- a/PC/winsound.c
+++ b/PC/winsound.c
@@ -217,12 +217,13 @@ initwinsound(void)
 {
 	OSVERSIONINFO version;
 
+	PyObject *dict;
 	PyObject *module = Py_InitModule3("winsound",
 					  sound_methods,
 					  sound_module_doc);
 	if (module == NULL)
 		return;
-	PyObject *dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
+	dict = PyModule_GetDict(module);
 
 	ADD_DEFINE(SND_ASYNC);
 	ADD_DEFINE(SND_NODEFAULT);