diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/start.c b/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/start.c
index 51449a8bc36..c73c1a6544e 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/start.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/start.c
@@ -140,6 +140,7 @@ DoStartService(LPWSTR ServiceName,
             /* Loop until it's running */
             while (ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState != SERVICE_RUNNING)
             {
+                int i;
                 /* Fixup the wait time */
                 WaitTime = ServiceStatus.dwWaitHint / 10;
 
@@ -147,7 +148,7 @@ DoStartService(LPWSTR ServiceName,
                 else if (WaitTime > 10000) WaitTime = 10000;
 
                 /* We don't wanna wait for up to 10 secs without incrementing */
-                for (int i = WaitTime / 1000; i > 0; i--)
+                for (i = WaitTime / 1000; i > 0; i--)
                 {
                     Sleep(1000);
                     if (hProgress)
diff --git a/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/stop.c b/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/stop.c
index 9bad5b59a00..50c0a376fb2 100644
--- a/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/stop.c
+++ b/reactos/base/applications/mscutils/servman/stop.c
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ DoStopService(_In_z_ LPWSTR ServiceName,
 
         while (ServiceStatus.dwCurrentState != SERVICE_STOPPED)
         {
+            int i;
             /* Fixup the wait time */
             WaitTime = ServiceStatus.dwWaitHint / 10;
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ DoStopService(_In_z_ LPWSTR ServiceName,
             else if (WaitTime > 10000) WaitTime = 10000;
 
             /* We don't wanna wait for up to 10 secs without incrementing */
-            for (int i = WaitTime / 1000; i > 0; i--)
+            for (i = WaitTime / 1000; i > 0; i--)
             {
                 Sleep(1000);
                 if (hProgress)