diff --git a/src/misc/unix/SDL_sysurl.c b/src/misc/unix/SDL_sysurl.c
index 987f91ed8..198b425e8 100644
--- a/src/misc/unix/SDL_sysurl.c
+++ b/src/misc/unix/SDL_sysurl.c
@@ -33,11 +33,12 @@ SDL_SYS_OpenURL(const char *url)
 {
     const pid_t pid1 = fork();
     if (pid1 == 0) {  /* child process */
+        pid_t pid2;
+        /* Clear LD_PRELOAD so Chrome opens correctly when this application is launched by Steam */
+        unsetenv("LD_PRELOAD");
         /* Notice this is vfork and not fork! */
-        const pid_t pid2 = vfork();
+        pid2 = vfork();
         if (pid2 == 0) {  /* Grandchild process will try to launch the url */
-            /* Clear LD_PRELOAD so Chrome opens correctly when this application is launched by Steam */
-            unsetenv("LD_PRELOAD");
             execlp("xdg-open", "xdg-open", url, NULL);
             _exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         } else if (pid2 < 0) {   /* There was an error forking */