diff --git a/MQTTClient-C/src/MQTTClient.c b/MQTTClient-C/src/MQTTClient.c
index 73edad7f..f7a1bd1a 100755
--- a/MQTTClient-C/src/MQTTClient.c
+++ b/MQTTClient-C/src/MQTTClient.c
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ int keepalive(MQTTClient* c)
 
 void MQTTCleanSession(MQTTClient* c)
 {
-    for (int i = 0; i < MAX_MESSAGE_HANDLERS; ++i)
+    int i = 0;
+
+    for (i = 0; i < MAX_MESSAGE_HANDLERS; ++i)
         c->messageHandlers[i].topicFilter = NULL;
 }