diff --git a/MagickCore/quantize.c b/MagickCore/quantize.c
index a8d83bcd92..78bb587ef6 100644
--- a/MagickCore/quantize.c
+++ b/MagickCore/quantize.c
@@ -1110,13 +1110,11 @@ static void ClosestColor(const Image *image,CubeInfo *cube_info,
       ClosestColor(image,cube_info,node_info->child[i]);
   if (node_info->number_unique != 0)
     {
-      double
-        pixel;
-
       double
         alpha,
         beta,
-        distance;
+        distance,
+        pixel;
 
       DoublePixelPacket
         *magick_restrict q;