diff --git a/lib/yang.c b/lib/yang.c
index a707469a7881..0998133a5a25 100644
--- a/lib/yang.c
+++ b/lib/yang.c
@@ -745,6 +745,7 @@ struct ly_ctx *yang_ctx_new_setup(bool embedded_modules, bool explicit_compile)
 {
 	struct ly_ctx *ctx = NULL;
 	const char *yang_models_path = YANG_MODELS_PATH;
+	uint options;
 	LY_ERR err;
 
 	if (access(yang_models_path, R_OK | X_OK)) {
@@ -758,7 +759,7 @@ struct ly_ctx *yang_ctx_new_setup(bool embedded_modules, bool explicit_compile)
 				     YANG_MODELS_PATH);
 	}
 
-	uint options = LY_CTX_NO_YANGLIBRARY | LY_CTX_DISABLE_SEARCHDIR_CWD;
+	options = LY_CTX_NO_YANGLIBRARY | LY_CTX_DISABLE_SEARCHDIR_CWD;
 	if (explicit_compile)
 		options |= LY_CTX_EXPLICIT_COMPILE;
 	err = ly_ctx_new(yang_models_path, options, &ctx);