diff -ur python-systemd-234.orig/systemd/_daemon.c python-systemd-234/systemd/_daemon.c
--- python-systemd-234.orig/systemd/_daemon.c	2017-03-26 03:33:59.000000000 +0200
+++ python-systemd-234/systemd/_daemon.c	2017-11-06 19:11:48.546733677 +0100
@@ -127,11 +127,12 @@
                         return NULL;
 
                 for (i = 0; i < len; i++) {
+                        long value;
                         PyObject *item = PySequence_GetItem(fds, i);
                         if (!item)
                                 return NULL;
 
-                        long value = PyLong_AsLong(item);
+			value = PyLong_AsLong(item);
                         if (PyErr_Occurred())
                                 return NULL;