diff --git a/simgear/scene/tgdb/SGDirectionalLightBin.hxx b/simgear/scene/tgdb/SGDirectionalLightBin.hxx
index 4b2be508..ad919be4 100644
--- a/simgear/scene/tgdb/SGDirectionalLightBin.hxx
+++ b/simgear/scene/tgdb/SGDirectionalLightBin.hxx
@@ -64,8 +64,7 @@ public:
 
     LightList sortedLights;
     sortedLights.reserve(_lights.size());
-    LightSet::const_iterator i;
-    for (i = lightSet.begin(); i != lightSet.end(); ++i)
+    for (LightSet::const_iterator i = lightSet.begin(); i != lightSet.end(); ++i)
       sortedLights.push_back(*i);
 
     return sortedLights;