diff --git a/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c b/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c
index d6efb593c..149231330 100644
--- a/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c
+++ b/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ void bli_l3_packm
 {
 	packbuf_t pack_buf_type;
 	mem_t*    cntl_mem_p;
+	mem_t*    local_mem_p;
+	mem_t     local_mem_s;
 	siz_t     size_needed;
 
 	// FGVZ: Not sure why we need this barrier, but we do.
@@ -80,9 +82,6 @@ void bli_l3_packm
 	// all threads in the chief's thread group.
 	if ( bli_mem_is_unalloc( cntl_mem_p ) )
 	{
-		mem_t* local_mem_p;
-		mem_t  local_mem_s;
-
 		if ( bli_thread_am_ochief( thread ) )
 		{
 			#ifdef BLIS_ENABLE_MEM_TRACING
@@ -110,9 +109,6 @@ void bli_l3_packm
 	}
 	else // ( bli_mem_is_alloc( cntl_mem_p ) )
 	{
-		mem_t* local_mem_p;
-		mem_t  local_mem_s;
-
 		// If the mem_t entry in the control tree does NOT contain a NULL
 		// buffer, then a block has already been acquired from the memory
 		// broker and cached in the control tree.