diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/readlinkat.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/readlinkat.c
index 186dad66..25674ed2 100644
--- a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/readlinkat.c
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/readlinkat.c
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ syscallret_t syscall_readlinkat(context_t *, int dirfd, char *upath, char *ubuff
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	vnode_t *node = NULL;
 	file_t *file = NULL;
 	vnode_t *dirnode = NULL;
 	char *buffer = NULL;
@@ -33,7 +34,6 @@ syscallret_t syscall_readlinkat(context_t *, int dirfd, char *upath, char *ubuff
 	if (ret.errno)
 		goto cleanup;
 
-	vnode_t *node = NULL;
 	ret.errno = vfs_lookup(&node, dirnode, path, NULL, VFS_LOOKUP_NOLINK);
 	if (ret.errno)
 		goto cleanup;
diff --git a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/statvfs.c b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/statvfs.c
index 3f9797fb..4c5386d3 100644
--- a/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/statvfs.c
+++ b/kernel-src/sys/syscalls/statvfs.c
@@ -90,13 +90,13 @@ syscallret_t syscall_fstatvfsat(context_t *ctx, int dirfd, char *upath, stat_t *
 		return ret;
 	}
 
+	vnode_t *node = NULL;
 	vnode_t *dirnode = NULL;
 	file_t *file = 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;