diff --git a/src/policy_cache.hpp b/src/policy_cache.hpp
index f9df6b81..9549c377 100644
--- a/src/policy_cache.hpp
+++ b/src/policy_cache.hpp
@@ -97,8 +97,8 @@ public:
   Val
   find(std::string const &key_) const
   {
+    Val rv;    
     uint64_t hash;
-    Val rv;
 
     rv = NULL;
     hash = wyhash(key_.c_str(),key_.size(),0xdeadbeef,_wyp);