diff --git a/libguile/init.c b/libguile/init.c
index f7b023ffb..75722a990 100644
--- a/libguile/init.c
+++ b/libguile/init.c
@@ -178,8 +178,8 @@ start_stack (void *base)
 
 #if SCM_DEBUG_DEPRECATED == 0
   scm_top_level_lookup_closure_var = SCM_BOOL_F;
-#endif
   scm_system_transformer = SCM_BOOL_F;
+#endif
 
   scm_root->fluids = scm_make_initial_fluids ();