1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/st.c b/st.c
index ee3dbb125d..77d998f9fc 100644
--- a/st.c
+++ b/st.c
@@ -2036,8 +2036,9 @@ int
 st_locale_insensitive_strncasecmp(const char *s1, const char *s2, size_t n)
 {
     char c1, c2;
+    size_t i;
 
-    while (n--) {
+    for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
         c1 = *s1++;
         c2 = *s2++;
         if (c1 == '\0' || c2 == '\0') {