diff --git a/apps/s_server.c b/apps/s_server.c
index 9ccf2f0a44..a5b1e91471 100644
--- a/apps/s_server.c
+++ b/apps/s_server.c
@@ -1750,9 +1750,11 @@ static int sv_body(char *hostname, int s, unsigned char *context)
 	unsigned long l;
 	SSL *con=NULL;
 	BIO *sbio;
-	struct timeval timeout, *timeoutp;
+	struct timeval timeout;
 #if defined(OPENSSL_SYS_WINDOWS) || defined(OPENSSL_SYS_MSDOS) || defined(OPENSSL_SYS_NETWARE) || defined(OPENSSL_SYS_BEOS_R5)
 	struct timeval tv;
+#else
+	struct timeval *timeoutp;
 #endif
 
 	if ((buf=OPENSSL_malloc(bufsize)) == NULL)