diff --git a/src/lj_fopen.c b/src/lj_fopen.c
index 4906a996..846a482e 100644
--- a/src/lj_fopen.c
+++ b/src/lj_fopen.c
@@ -7,16 +7,18 @@
 
 FILE *_lua_fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 {
-    int fn_len_s=strlen(filename);
+    int new_Len1 = 0;
+    int new_Len2 = 0;
+    int fn_len_s = strlen(filename);
+    int m_len_s  = strlen(mode);
     if(fn_len_s==0) return NULL;
-    int m_len_s=strlen(mode);
     if(m_len_s==0) return NULL;
     wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
     wchar_t wmode[MAX_PATH];
-    int new_Len1 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename, fn_len_s, path, fn_len_s);
+    new_Len1 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename, fn_len_s, path, fn_len_s);
     if(new_Len1>=MAX_PATH) return NULL;
     path[new_Len1] = L'\0';
-    int new_Len2 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, mode, m_len_s, wmode, m_len_s);
+    new_Len2 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, mode, m_len_s, wmode, m_len_s);
     if(new_Len2>=MAX_PATH) return NULL;
     wmode[new_Len2] = L'\0';
     FILE *f = _wfopen(path, wmode);
@@ -25,21 +27,21 @@ FILE *_lua_fopen(const char *filename, const char *mode)
 
 FILE *_lua_freopen(const char *filename, const char *mode, FILE * oldfile)
 {
-    int fn_len_s=strlen(filename);
+    int new_Len1 = 0;
+    int new_Len2 = 0;
+    int fn_len_s = strlen(filename);
+    int m_len_s  = strlen(mode);
     if(fn_len_s==0) return NULL;
-    int m_len_s=strlen(filename);
     if(m_len_s==0) return NULL;
     wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
     wchar_t wmode[MAX_PATH];
-    int new_Len1 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename, fn_len_s, path, fn_len_s);
+    new_Len1 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, filename, fn_len_s, path, fn_len_s);
     if(new_Len1>=MAX_PATH) return NULL;
     path[new_Len1] = L'\0';
-    int new_Len2 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, mode, m_len_s, wmode, m_len_s);
+    new_Len2 = MultiByteToWideChar(CP_UTF8, 0, mode, m_len_s, wmode, m_len_s);
     if(new_Len2>=MAX_PATH) return NULL;
     wmode[new_Len2] = L'\0';
     FILE *f = _wfreopen(path, wmode, oldfile);
-    LocalFree(path);
-    LocalFree(wmode);
     return f;
 }