client.go | 8 ++++++--

diff --git a/client.go b/client.go
index 1ba632aee9bdad46606e58a0b38d5197aefd05b3..8c9e64df1aad9b597512648d21b251a5213d8363 100644
--- a/client.go
+++ b/client.go
@@ -383,10 +383,14 @@ 		// Binding to the listener address and dialing via net.Dialer gives
 		// "address in use" error. It seems it's not possible to dial out from
 		// this address so that peers associate our local address with our
 		// listen address.
+		var (
+			conn net.Conn
+			err  error
+		)
 		if false {
-			conn, err := net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr, dialTimeout)
+			conn, err = net.DialTimeout("tcp", addr, dialTimeout)
 		} else {
-			conn, err := (&utp.Dialer{Timeout: dialTimeout}).Dial("utp", addr)
+			conn, err = (&utp.Dialer{Timeout: dialTimeout}).Dial("utp", addr)
 		}
 
 		// Whether or not the connection attempt succeeds, the half open