1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/libc/unistd/getopt.c b/libc/unistd/getopt.c
index c28afda0d..754e86f25 100644
--- a/libc/unistd/getopt.c
+++ b/libc/unistd/getopt.c
@@ -162,6 +162,10 @@ int opterr = 1;
 
 int optopt = '?';
 
+/* Keep a global copy of all internal members of getopt_data.  */
+
+static struct _getopt_data getopt_data;
+
 
 #ifndef __GNU_LIBRARY__
 
@@ -1154,9 +1158,7 @@ _getopt_internal (int argc, char *const *argv, const char *optstring,
 		  const struct option *longopts, int *longind, int long_only)
 {
   int result;
-  struct _getopt_data getopt_data;
 
-  memset(&getopt_data, 0, sizeof(getopt_data));
   getopt_data.optind = optind;
   getopt_data.opterr = opterr;