diff --git a/src/gfx.c b/src/gfx.c
index 5cc2396..0a508ff 100644
--- a/src/gfx.c
+++ b/src/gfx.c
@@ -63,10 +63,10 @@ getpixel (SDL_Surface * surface, int x, int y)
 void
 putpixel (SDL_Surface * surface, int x, int y, Uint32 pixel)
 {
-    int bpp = surface->format->BytesPerPixel;
-
     /* Here p is the address to the pixel we want to set */
+    int bpp = surface->format->BytesPerPixel;
     Uint8 *p = (Uint8 *) surface->pixels + y * surface->pitch + x * bpp;
+
     switch (bpp) {
     case 1:
         *p = pixel;
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@ scale_image (SDL_Surface * orginal, int newx, int newy)
     amask = 0xff000000;
 
 #endif /*  */
+
     surface = SDL_CreateRGBSurface (SDL_SWSURFACE, newx, newy, 32, rmask, gmask, bmask, amask);
     if (surface == NULL) {
         fprintf (stderr, "CreateRGBSurface failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError ());