diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index 11d1b40c2..6f8c59e1a 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-06-05  Christian Groessler  <chris@groessler.org>
+
+	* libc/argz/argz_insert.c (delta): Move variable declaration
+	to top of function in keeping with C89 standard.
+
 2007-06-04  Eric Blake  <ebb9@byu.net>
 
 	Implement funopen, fopencookie.
diff --git a/newlib/libc/argz/argz_insert.c b/newlib/libc/argz/argz_insert.c
index 8345640c5..d0a32eca9 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/argz/argz_insert.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/argz/argz_insert.c
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ _DEFUN (argz_insert, (argz, argz_len, before, entry),
        const char *entry)
 {
   int len = 0;
+  ptrdiff_t delta;
 
   if (before == NULL)
     return argz_add(argz, argz_len, entry);
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ _DEFUN (argz_insert, (argz, argz_len, before, entry),
     before--;
 
   /* delta will always be non-negative, and < *argz_len */
-  ptrdiff_t delta = before - *argz;
+  delta = before - *argz;
 
   len = strlen(entry) + 1;