diff --git a/timeoutd.c b/timeoutd.c
index e24f371..ce9f598 100644
--- a/timeoutd.c
+++ b/timeoutd.c
@@ -740,7 +740,6 @@ int session;
     char ttymatch = 0;
     char usermatch = 0;
     char groupmatch = 0;
-    char *tty = dev;
     char **p;
     int disc;
 
@@ -757,13 +756,13 @@ int session;
     }
 
 #ifdef DEBUG
-    syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Checking user %s group %s tty %s.", user, gr->gr_name, tty);
+    syslog(LOG_DEBUG, "Checking user %s group %s tty %s.", user, gr->gr_name, dev);
 #endif
 
 /* Check to see if current user matches any entry based on tty/user/group */
     while (config[configline]) {
         timematch = chktimes(config[configline]->times);
-        ttymatch = chkmatch(tty, config[configline]->ttys);
+        ttymatch = chkmatch(dev, config[configline]->ttys);
         usermatch = chkmatch(user, config[configline]->users);
         groupmatch = chkmatch(gr->gr_name, config[configline]->groups);
 /* If the primary group doesn't match this entry, check secondaries */