diff --git a/testsuite/gtk/textiter.c b/testsuite/gtk/textiter.c
index 6259f88210..c68220c0f1 100644
--- a/testsuite/gtk/textiter.c
+++ b/testsuite/gtk/textiter.c
@@ -748,6 +748,7 @@ test_backward_line (void)
 {
   GtkTextBuffer *buffer;
   GtkTextIter iter, start, end;
+  gboolean ret;
   gint offset;
 
   buffer = gtk_text_buffer_new (NULL);