Index: diskrescue.c
--- diskrescue.c.orig
+++ diskrescue.c
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ struct operations {
 	{ NULL, OPC_INVALID }
 };
 
-FILE			*resfd = stderr;
+FILE			*resfd;
 int			quiet = 0;
 int			abort_on_error = 0;
 volatile sig_atomic_t   running = 1;
@@ -611,6 +611,7 @@ main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	int			c, i, operation = OPC_INVALID, rv = 1;
 	char			*error = "no error";
 
+	resfd = stderr;
 	while ((c = getopt(argc, argv, "R:ab:i:r:qo:v")) != -1) {
 		switch (c) {
 		case 'R':