diff --git a/neofetch b/neofetch
index 5a3bd2cb..8cf4d888 100755
--- a/neofetch
+++ b/neofetch
@@ -3359,6 +3359,7 @@ get_gpu_driver() {
 }
 
 get_cols() {
+    local blocks blocks2 cols
     if [[ "$color_blocks" == "on" ]]; then
         # Convert the width to space chars.
         printf -v block_width "%${block_width}s"