diff --git a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c
index e89f3f60d..f40323ea6 100644
--- a/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c
+++ b/src/video/windows/SDL_windowswindow.c
@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ WIN_SetWindowIcon(_THIS, SDL_Window * window, SDL_Surface * icon)
     HWND hwnd = ((SDL_WindowData *) window->driverdata)->hwnd;
     HICON hicon = NULL;
     BYTE *icon_bmp;
-    int icon_len;
+    int icon_len, y;
     SDL_RWops *dst;
 
     /* Create temporary bitmap buffer */
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ WIN_SetWindowIcon(_THIS, SDL_Window * window, SDL_Surface * icon)
 
     /* Write the pixels upside down into the bitmap buffer */
     SDL_assert(icon->format->format == SDL_PIXELFORMAT_ARGB8888);
-    int y = icon->h;
+    y = icon->h;
     while (y--) {
         Uint8 *src = (Uint8 *) icon->pixels + y * icon->pitch;
         SDL_RWwrite(dst, src, icon->pitch, 1);