diff --git a/openup b/openup
index ae6ec13..bdddd4b 100755
--- a/openup
+++ b/openup
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ fi
 # regex taken from fw_update(1)
 set -A _REL -- $(sysctl -n kern.version | sed 's/^OpenBSD \([0-9]\.[0-9]\)\([^ ]*\).*/\1 \2/;q')
 _REL_INT="$(echo ${_REL[0]} | tr -d '.')"
+_OPENUP_MINREL=55
+_OPENUP_VERSION=17
 if [ -n "${_REL[1]}" -a "${_REL[1]}" != "-stable" ]; then _badrel=1; fi
 if [ "${_REL_INT}" -lt "${_OPENUP_MINREL}" ]; then _badrel=1; fi
 if [ -n "${_badrel}" ]; then
@@ -246,8 +248,6 @@ done
 [ -n "${checkrun}" -a -n "${nosig}" ] && usage
 
 _ARCH=$(arch -s)
-_OPENUP_MINREL=55
-_OPENUP_VERSION=17
 _PID="/var/run/${0##*/}.pid"
 _TMP="${TMPDIR:=/tmp}"
 _TMPDIR=$(mktemp -dp ${_TMP} .openup-XXXXXXXXXX) || exit 1