diff --git a/pngtest.c b/pngtest.c
index c099db131..857f199fc 100644
--- a/pngtest.c
+++ b/pngtest.c
@@ -115,6 +115,7 @@ static int relaxed = 0;
 static int unsupported_chunks = 0; /* chunk unsupported by libpng in input */
 static int error_count = 0; /* count calls to png_error */
 static int warning_count = 0; /* count calls to png_warning */
+static int wrote_question = 0;
 
 #ifdef __TURBOC__
 #include <mem.h>
@@ -1578,7 +1579,6 @@ test_one_file(PNG_CONST char *inname, PNG_CONST char *outname)
 
 #ifdef PNG_WRITE_SUPPORTED /* else nothing was written */
    {
-      int wrote_question = 0;
 
       for (;;)
       {