diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/faccessat.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/faccessat.c
index 65b880eb..98701f7b 100644
--- a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/faccessat.c
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/faccessat.c
@@ -29,11 +29,11 @@ syscallret_t syscall_faccessat(context_t *, int dirfd, char *upath, int mode, in
 
 	vnode_t *dirnode = NULL;
 	file_t *file = NULL;
+	vnode_t *node = NULL;
 	ret.errno = dirfd_enter(path, dirfd, &file, &dirnode);
 	if (ret.errno)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	vnode_t *node = NULL;
 	ret.errno = vfs_lookup(&node, dirnode, path, NULL, flags & AT_SYMLINK_NOFOLLOW ? VFS_LOOKUP_NOLINK : 0);
 	if (ret.errno)
 		goto cleanup;