diff --git a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c
index d032155eb7..2815ed80ee 100644
--- a/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c
+++ b/fs/hostfs/hostfs.c
@@ -609,12 +609,14 @@ static int hostfs_ioctl(FAR struct file *filep, int cmd, unsigned long arg)
       switch (cmd)
         {
           case FIOC_FILEPATH:
-            FAR char *path = (FAR char *)(uintptr_t)arg;
-            ret = inode_getpath(filep->f_inode, path, PATH_MAX);
-            if (ret >= 0)
-              {
-                strlcat(path, hf->relpath, PATH_MAX);
-              }
+            {
+              FAR char *path = (FAR char *)(uintptr_t)arg;
+              ret = inode_getpath(filep->f_inode, path, PATH_MAX);
+              if (ret >= 0)
+                {
+                  strlcat(path, hf->relpath, PATH_MAX);
+                }
+            }
 
             break;
           default: