diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 7e9a8a1..ffb11bf 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ A total of 2 people contributed to this release. Thank you to the following cont
 
 <details>
 
+-   [`8c7dff3`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/8c7dff311a96451ecf52d7a08e17fd03bdf4a300) - **refactor:** move variable declaration _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`b082d29`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/b082d299748392a05be50b43351af6ac0cb7d418) - **fix:** update include paths and reorder includes _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`3c8a4d5`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/3c8a4d5c5d97979206090197ca00f39de3d19f06) - **docs:** update note _(by Athan Reines)_
 -   [`ee0c409`](https://github.com/stdlib-js/stdlib/commit/ee0c4092ad6995e68d53c384e6ef75d87bf36ac8) - **docs:** update note _(by Athan Reines)_
diff --git a/base/uniform/src/main.c b/base/uniform/src/main.c
index 5863ac6..a60cdea 100644
--- a/base/uniform/src/main.c
+++ b/base/uniform/src/main.c
@@ -62,10 +62,10 @@
 * stdlib_base_random_randu_free( randu, -10.0, 10.0 );
 */
 double stdlib_base_random_uniform( struct BasePRNGObject *randu, const double a, const double b ) {
+	double r;
 	if ( randu == NULL ) {
 		return 0.0 / 0.0; // NaN
 	}
-	double r;
 	randu->prng->normalized( randu, &r );
 	return ( b*r ) + ( (1.0-r)*a );
 }