diff --git a/src/base/system.c b/src/base/system.c
index 77ade8dbb..6738992c4 100644
--- a/src/base/system.c
+++ b/src/base/system.c
@@ -1525,12 +1525,13 @@ int net_udp_send(NETSOCKET sock, const NETADDR *addr, const void *data, int size
 void net_init_mmsgs(MMSGS* m)
 {
 #if defined(CONF_PLATFORM_LINUX)
+	int i;
 	m->pos = 0;
 	m->size = 0;
 	mem_zero(m->msgs, sizeof(m->msgs));
 	mem_zero(m->iovecs, sizeof(m->iovecs));
 	mem_zero(m->sockaddrs, sizeof(m->sockaddrs));
-	for(int i = 0; i < VLEN; ++i)
+	for(i = 0; i < VLEN; ++i)
 	{
 		m->iovecs[i].iov_base = m->bufs[i];
 		m->iovecs[i].iov_len = PACKETSIZE;
diff --git a/src/base/system.h b/src/base/system.h
index fdaa816cf..56e12c728 100644
--- a/src/base/system.h
+++ b/src/base/system.h
@@ -767,6 +767,8 @@ typedef struct
 	struct iovec iovecs[VLEN];
 	char bufs[VLEN][PACKETSIZE];
 	char sockaddrs[VLEN][128];
+#else
+	bool dummy;
 #endif
 } MMSGS;