diff --git a/lib/ironic b/lib/ironic
index 40475e0a83..6ec7e8092b 100644
--- a/lib/ironic
+++ b/lib/ironic
@@ -559,6 +559,7 @@ function wait_for_nova_resources {
     # timing out.
     local resource=$1
     local expected_count=$2
+    local i
     echo_summary "Waiting 2 minutes for Nova resource tracker to pick up $resource >= $expected_count"
     for i in $(seq 1 120); do
         if [ $(nova hypervisor-stats | grep " $resource " | get_field 2) -ge $expected_count ]; then