diff --git a/gtk/gtksettings.c b/gtk/gtksettings.c
index 0f60dcdfe4..2e7c035705 100644
--- a/gtk/gtksettings.c
+++ b/gtk/gtksettings.c
@@ -1843,12 +1843,13 @@ GtkStyleCascade *
 _gtk_settings_get_style_cascade (GtkSettings *settings,
                                  gint         scale)
 {
-  GtkSettingsPrivate *priv = settings->priv;
+  GtkSettingsPrivate *priv;
   GtkStyleCascade *new_cascade;
   GSList *list;
 
   g_return_val_if_fail (GTK_IS_SETTINGS (settings), NULL);
 
+  priv = settings->priv;
   for (list = priv->style_cascades; list; list = list->next)
     {
       if (_gtk_style_cascade_get_scale (list->data) == scale)