diff --git a/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c b/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c
index d6efb593c..5b0ecacb9 100644
--- a/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c
+++ b/frame/3/bli_l3_packm.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
    libraries.
 
    Copyright (C) 2014, The University of Texas at Austin
-   Copyright (C) 2018 - 2019, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
+   Copyright (C) 2018 - 2022, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. All rights reserved.
 
    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
@@ -75,14 +75,14 @@ void bli_l3_packm
 	// Query the address of the mem_t entry within the control tree node.
 	cntl_mem_p = bli_cntl_pack_mem( cntl );
 
+	mem_t* local_mem_p;
+	mem_t  local_mem_s;
+
 	// Check the mem_t field in the control tree. If it is unallocated, then
 	// we need to acquire a block from the memory broker and broadcast it to
 	// 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 +110,6 @@ 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.
@@ -163,7 +160,6 @@ void bli_l3_packm
 		}
 	}
 
-
 	// Update the buffer address in x_pack to point to the buffer associated
 	// with the mem_t entry acquired from the memory broker (now cached in
 	// the control tree node).