diff --git a/qemu-nbd.c b/qemu-nbd.c
index 5b2757920c..aaccaa3318 100644
--- a/qemu-nbd.c
+++ b/qemu-nbd.c
@@ -589,6 +589,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     const char *pid_file_name = NULL;
     const char *selinux_label = NULL;
     BlockExportOptions *export_opts;
+#if HAVE_NBD_DEVICE
+    struct NbdClientOpts opts;
+#endif
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_POSIX
     os_setup_early_signal_handling();
@@ -1145,7 +1148,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
     if (device) {
 #if HAVE_NBD_DEVICE
         int ret;
-        struct NbdClientOpts opts = {
+        opts = (struct NbdClientOpts) {
             .device = device,
             .fork_process = fork_process,
             .verbose = verbose,