1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mdkapplet b/mdkapplet
index 81679aa0..3dfb216e 100755
--- a/mdkapplet
+++ b/mdkapplet
@@ -322,10 +322,10 @@ sub harvester {
     do {
         $childpid = waitpid(-1, &WNOHANG);
         if ($mdv_update_pid && $mdv_update_pid == $childpid) {
+            my $status = $? >> 8;
             undef $mdv_update_pid;
             if ($refork_gurpmi) {
                 undef $refork_gurpmi;
-                my $status = $? >> 8;
                 fork_gurpmi() if $status;
             } else {
                 $mdvupdate_returned = 1;