diff --git a/src/io/uring/Ring.cxx b/src/io/uring/Ring.cxx
index 91331a523..5592f54ae 100644
--- a/src/io/uring/Ring.cxx
+++ b/src/io/uring/Ring.cxx
@@ -9,24 +9,24 @@ namespace Uring {
 
 Ring::Ring(unsigned entries, unsigned flags)
 {
-	int error = io_uring_queue_init(entries, &ring, flags);
-	if (error < 0)
+	if (int error = io_uring_queue_init(entries, &ring, flags);
+	    error < 0)
 		throw MakeErrno(-error, "io_uring_queue_init() failed");
 }
 
 void
 Ring::Submit()
 {
-	int error = io_uring_submit(&ring);
-	if (error < 0)
+	if (int error = io_uring_submit(&ring);
+	    error < 0)
 		throw MakeErrno(-error, "io_uring_submit() failed");
 }
 
 void
 Ring::SubmitAndGetEvents()
 {
-	int error = io_uring_submit_and_get_events(&ring);
-	if (error < 0)
+	if (int error = io_uring_submit_and_get_events(&ring);
+	    error < 0)
 		throw MakeErrno(-error, "io_uring_submit() failed");
 }
 
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ struct io_uring_cqe *
 Ring::WaitCompletion()
 {
 	struct io_uring_cqe *cqe;
-	int error = io_uring_wait_cqe(&ring, &cqe);
-	if (error < 0) {
+	if (int error = io_uring_wait_cqe(&ring, &cqe);
+	    error < 0) {
 		if (error == -EAGAIN)
 			return nullptr;
 
@@ -49,8 +49,7 @@ struct io_uring_cqe *
 Ring::PeekCompletion()
 {
 	struct io_uring_cqe *cqe;
-	int error = io_uring_peek_cqe(&ring, &cqe);
-	if (error < 0) {
+	if (int error = io_uring_peek_cqe(&ring, &cqe); error < 0) {
 		if (error == -EAGAIN)
 			return nullptr;