diff --git a/ncurses/tinfo/home_terminfo.c b/ncurses/tinfo/home_terminfo.c
index e77f71c..7e626df 100644
--- a/ncurses/tinfo/home_terminfo.c
+++ b/ncurses/tinfo/home_terminfo.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 /****************************************************************************
- * Copyright (c) 1998-2010,2012 Free Software Foundation, Inc.              *
+ * Copyright 2020 Thomas E. Dickey                                          *
+ * Copyright 1998-2012,2016 Free Software Foundation, Inc.                  *
  *                                                                          *
  * Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a  *
  * copy of this software and associated documentation files (the            *
@@ -37,7 +38,7 @@
 #include <curses.priv.h>
 #include <tic.h>
 
-MODULE_ID("$Id: home_terminfo.c,v 1.15 2012/10/27 21:49:14 tom Exp $")
+MODULE_ID("$Id: home_terminfo.c,v 1.17 2020/02/02 23:34:34 tom Exp $")
 
 /* ncurses extension...fall back on user's private directory */
 
@@ -48,10 +49,11 @@
 {
     char *result = 0;
 #if USE_HOME_TERMINFO
-    char *home;
-
     if (use_terminfo_vars()) {
+
 	if (MyBuffer == 0) {
+	    char *home;
+
 	    if ((home = getenv("HOME")) != 0) {
 		size_t want = (strlen(home) + sizeof(PRIVATE_INFO));
 		TYPE_MALLOC(char, want, MyBuffer);