1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/plugins/check_ssh.c b/plugins/check_ssh.c
index af7089a7..b4a98cdf 100644
--- a/plugins/check_ssh.c
+++ b/plugins/check_ssh.c
@@ -255,12 +255,11 @@ int ssh_connect(mp_check *overall, char *haddr, int hport, char *desired_remote_
                         byte_offset = 0;
 
                         char *index = NULL;
-                        size_t len = 0;
                         while ((index = strchr(output + byte_offset, '\n')) != NULL) {
                                 /*Partition the buffer so that this line is a separate string,
                                  * by replacing the newline with NUL*/
                                 output[(index - output)] = '\0';
-                                len = strlen(output + byte_offset);
+                                size_t len = strlen(output + byte_offset);
 
                                 if ((len >= 4) && (strncmp(output + byte_offset, "SSH-", 4) == 0)) {
                                         /*if the string starts with SSH-, this _should_ be a valid version control string*/