diff --git a/src/bin/psql/psql.c b/src/bin/psql/psql.c
index 88396d48c7..d3b93f32d8 100644
--- a/src/bin/psql/psql.c
+++ b/src/bin/psql/psql.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
  *
  *
  * IDENTIFICATION
- *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/Attic/psql.c,v 1.186 1999/07/19 16:49:17 momjian Exp $
+ *	  $Header: /cvsroot/pgsql/src/bin/psql/Attic/psql.c,v 1.187 1999/07/19 21:06:19 momjian Exp $
  *
  *-------------------------------------------------------------------------
  */
@@ -2876,9 +2876,11 @@ main(int argc, char **argv)
 		pqsignal(SIGINT, handle_sigint);		/* control-C => cancel */
 #ifdef USE_READLINE
 		settings.useReadline = 1;
-		/* Set the application name, used for parsing .inputrc */
-		char *progname = strrchr(argv[0], SEP_CHAR);
-		rl_readline_name = (progname ? progname+1 : argv[0]);
+		{
+			/* Set the application name, used for parsing .inputrc */
+			char *progname = strrchr(argv[0], SEP_CHAR);
+			rl_readline_name = (progname ? progname+1 : argv[0]);
+		}
 #endif
 	}
 #ifdef PSQL_ALWAYS_GET_PASSWORDS