diff --git a/src/modbus-tcp.c b/src/modbus-tcp.c
index e50cfc8..017026b 100644
--- a/src/modbus-tcp.c
+++ b/src/modbus-tcp.c
@@ -221,13 +221,12 @@ static int _modbus_tcp_set_ipv4_options(int s)
     /* If the OS does not offer SOCK_NONBLOCK, fall back to setting FIONBIO to
      * make sockets non-blocking */
     /* Do not care about the return value, this is optional */
+    option = 1;
 #if !defined(SOCK_NONBLOCK) && defined(FIONBIO)
 #ifdef OS_WIN32
     /* Setting FIONBIO expects an unsigned long according to MSDN */
-    unsigned long ioctloption = 1;
-    ioctlsocket(s, FIONBIO, &ioctloption);
+    ioctlsocket(s, FIONBIO, &option);
 #else
-    option = 1;
     ioctl(s, FIONBIO, &option);
 #endif
 #endif