diff --git a/gtk/gtkwidget.c b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
index f5893d715a..ff7dc0d59f 100644
--- a/gtk/gtkwidget.c
+++ b/gtk/gtkwidget.c
@@ -12586,11 +12586,13 @@ list_devices (GtkWidget        *widget,
               GdkDeviceType     device_type,
               GList           **result)
 {
-  G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS;
-  GList *devices = gdk_device_manager_list_devices (device_manager, device_type);
-  G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS;
+  GList *devices;
   GList *l;
 
+  G_GNUC_BEGIN_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS;
+  devices = gdk_device_manager_list_devices (device_manager, device_type);
+  G_GNUC_END_IGNORE_DEPRECATIONS;
+
   for (l = devices; l; l = l->next)
     {
       GdkDevice *device = l->data;