diff --git a/command.c b/command.c
index 3ffe0eb31e..bccfdb7f86 100644
--- a/command.c
+++ b/command.c
@@ -2300,10 +2300,12 @@ bool command_event(enum event_command cmd, void *data)
       case CMD_EVENT_PAUSE_CHECKS:
          if (runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_IS_PAUSED, NULL))
          {
+            bool is_paused = false;
+
             RARCH_LOG("%s\n", msg_hash_to_str(MSG_PAUSED));
             command_event(CMD_EVENT_AUDIO_STOP, NULL);
 
-            bool is_paused  = runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_IS_PAUSED, NULL);
+            is_paused  = runloop_ctl(RUNLOOP_CTL_IS_PAUSED, NULL);
             runloop_msg_queue_push(msg_hash_to_str(MSG_PAUSED), 1, is_paused ? 1: 30, true);
 
             if (settings->video.black_frame_insertion || is_paused)
diff --git a/input/input_keyboard.c b/input/input_keyboard.c
index 31256bc693..6fb758cf54 100644
--- a/input/input_keyboard.c
+++ b/input/input_keyboard.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ static bool input_keyboard_line_event(
 
 bool input_keyboard_line_append(const char *word)
 {
+   unsigned i = 0;
    unsigned len = strlen(word);
 
    char *newbuf = (char*)
@@ -179,7 +180,6 @@ bool input_keyboard_line_append(const char *word)
          newbuf + g_keyboard_line->ptr,
          g_keyboard_line->size - g_keyboard_line->ptr + len);
 
-   unsigned i = 0;
    for (i = 0; i < len; i++)
    {
       newbuf[g_keyboard_line->ptr] = word[i];