diff --git a/qemu-img.c b/qemu-img.c
index b94fc11e67f4..e0503aec9b07 100644
--- a/qemu-img.c
+++ b/qemu-img.c
@@ -2049,13 +2049,15 @@ static int img_convert(int argc, char **argv)
         case 'W':
             s.wr_in_order = false;
             break;
-        case OPTION_OBJECT:
-            opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&qemu_object_opts,
-                                           optarg, true);
-            if (!opts) {
+        case OPTION_OBJECT: {
+            QemuOpts *object_opts;
+            object_opts = qemu_opts_parse_noisily(&qemu_object_opts,
+                                                  optarg, true);
+            if (!object_opts) {
                 goto fail_getopt;
             }
             break;
+        }
         case OPTION_IMAGE_OPTS:
             image_opts = true;
             break;