src/nnn.c | 3 +--

diff --git a/src/nnn.c b/src/nnn.c
index 5bc3829a42680ed9da8485d7d3346ac6a0b0f452..5d8a7373c7e050234933b5412d2b56f2817045db 100644
--- a/src/nnn.c
+++ b/src/nnn.c
@@ -4785,7 +4785,6 @@ }
 
 static bool run_selected_plugin(char **path, const char *file, char *runfile, char **lastname, char **lastdir)
 {
-	int status;
 	pid_t p;
 	bool cmd_as_plugin = FALSE;
 	uchar_t flags = 0;
@@ -4855,7 +4854,7 @@ 	readpipe(rfd, path, lastname, lastdir);
 	close(rfd);
 
 	/* wait for the child to finish. no zombies allowed */
-	waitpid(p, &status, 0);
+	waitpid(p, &rfd, 0);
 
 	refresh();