diff --git a/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp b/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp
index 5732bad6ed..20a942b4d6 100644
--- a/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp
+++ b/src/apps/terminal/TermApp.cpp
@@ -373,7 +373,7 @@ TermApp::MakeTermWindow(BRect &frame)
 	if (cols < MIN_COLS)
 		gTermPref->setInt32(PREF_COLS, cols = MIN_COLS);
 
-	int pfd = spawn_shell(rows, cols, command, encoding);
+	pfd = spawn_shell(rows, cols, command, encoding);
 	if (pfd < 0)
 		return pfd;