diff --git a/drivers/snmp-ups.c b/drivers/snmp-ups.c
index ba9f5438e2..65a19397dc 100644
--- a/drivers/snmp-ups.c
+++ b/drivers/snmp-ups.c
@@ -1783,6 +1783,8 @@ void su_alarm_set(snmp_info_t *su_info_p, long value)
 	if ((info_value = su_find_infoval(su_info_p->oid2info, &value)) != NULL
 		&& info_value[0] != 0)
 	{
+		char alarm_info_value_more[SU_LARGEBUF + 32]; /* can sprintf() SU_LARGEBUF plus markup into here */
+
 		/* Special handling for outlet & outlet groups alarms */
 		if ((su_info_p->flags & SU_OUTLET)
 			|| (su_info_p->flags & SU_OUTLET_GROUP)) {
@@ -1803,7 +1805,6 @@ void su_alarm_set(snmp_info_t *su_info_p, long value)
 		 * start of path */
 		if (info_type[0] == 'L') {
 			/* Extract phase number */
-			char alarm_info_value_more[SU_LARGEBUF + 32]; /* can sprintf() SU_LARGEBUF plus markup into here */
 
 			item_number = atoi(info_type+1);