diff --git a/vcl/source/pdf/pdfwriterimpl_utils.cxx b/vcl/source/pdf/pdfwriterimpl_utils.cxx
index c553618942db..3dfbaa91c919 100644
--- a/vcl/source/pdf/pdfwriterimpl_utils.cxx
+++ b/vcl/source/pdf/pdfwriterimpl_utils.cxx
@@ -95,7 +95,10 @@ void appendFixedInt( sal_Int32 nValue, OStringBuffer& rBuffer )
         rBuffer.append( '-' );
         nValue = -nValue;
     }
-    sal_Int32 nFactor = 1, nDiv = nLog10Divisor;
+
+    sal_Int32 nFactor = 1;
+    sal_Int32 nDiv = nLog10Divisor;
+
     while( nDiv-- )
         nFactor *= 10;