diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 5dfaffb473..4e9a1ac8b1 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2004-04-01  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
+
+	* src/gnome/dialog-scheduledxaction.c: Move variable declaration
+	  to the top of the block.
+
 2004-03-31  Derek Atkins  <derek@ihtfp.com>
 
 	* configure.in: move m4/Makefile to its own line
diff --git a/src/gnome/dialog-scheduledxaction.c b/src/gnome/dialog-scheduledxaction.c
index 400a846d43..cdd2eeb6db 100644
--- a/src/gnome/dialog-scheduledxaction.c
+++ b/src/gnome/dialog-scheduledxaction.c
@@ -1057,11 +1057,12 @@ gnc_sxed_save_sx( SchedXactionEditorDialog *sxed )
         {
                 FreqSpec *fs;
                 GDate gdate;
+		GString *str;
 
                 fs = xaccSchedXactionGetFreqSpec( sxed->sx );
                 gnc_frequency_save_state( sxed->gncfreq, fs, &gdate );
 
-                GString *str = g_string_new( "" );
+                str = g_string_new( "" );
                 xaccFreqSpecGetFreqStr( fs, str );
                 DEBUG( "fs: %s", str->str );