diff --git a/fs/fcntl.c b/fs/fcntl.c
index 9bc167562ee8..2e4c0fa2074b 100644
--- a/fs/fcntl.c
+++ b/fs/fcntl.c
@@ -735,8 +735,9 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 		return;
 
 	switch (signum) {
-		kernel_siginfo_t si;
-		default:
+		default: {
+			kernel_siginfo_t si;
+
 			/* Queue a rt signal with the appropriate fd as its
 			   value.  We use SI_SIGIO as the source, not 
 			   SI_KERNEL, since kernel signals always get 
@@ -769,6 +770,7 @@ static void send_sigio_to_task(struct task_struct *p,
 			si.si_fd    = fd;
 			if (!do_send_sig_info(signum, &si, p, type))
 				break;
+		}
 		/* fall-through - fall back on the old plain SIGIO signal */
 		case 0:
 			do_send_sig_info(SIGIO, SEND_SIG_PRIV, p, type);