diff --git a/dlls/kernel32/format_msg.c b/dlls/kernel32/format_msg.c
index 41a2317..dc9df3f 100644
--- a/dlls/kernel32/format_msg.c
+++ b/dlls/kernel32/format_msg.c
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ WINE_DEFAULT_DEBUG_CHANNEL(resource);
  * Yes, ANSI strings in win32 resources. Go figure.
  */
 
+#if defined(__i386__) || defined(__sparc__)
 static const WCHAR PCNTFMTWSTR[] = { '%','%','%','s',0 };
 static const WCHAR FMTWSTR[] = { '%','s',0 };
 
@@ -122,7 +123,7 @@ static LPSTR load_messageA( HMODULE module, UINT id, WORD lang )
     TRACE("returning %s\n", wine_dbgstr_a(buffer));
     return buffer;
 }
-
+#endif /* __i386__ */
 
 /***********************************************************************
  *           FormatMessageA   (KERNEL32.@)
@@ -137,7 +138,6 @@ DWORD WINAPI FormatMessageA(
 	DWORD	nSize,
 	__ms_va_list* _args )
 {
-    LPDWORD args=(LPDWORD)_args;
     DWORD ret = 0;
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__sparc__)
 /* This implementation is completely dependent on the format of the va_list on x86 CPUs */
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI FormatMessageA(
     DWORD	width = dwFlags & FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK;
     BOOL    eos = FALSE;
     CHAR	ch;
+    LPDWORD args=(LPDWORD)_args;
 
     TRACE("(0x%x,%p,%d,0x%x,%p,%d,%p)\n",
           dwFlags,lpSource,dwMessageId,dwLanguageId,lpBuffer,nSize,args);
@@ -358,7 +359,6 @@ DWORD WINAPI FormatMessageW(
 	DWORD	nSize,
 	__ms_va_list* _args )
 {
-    LPDWORD args=(LPDWORD)_args;
 #if defined(__i386__) || defined(__sparc__)
 /* This implementation is completely dependent on the format of the va_list on x86 CPUs */
     LPWSTR target,t;
@@ -367,6 +367,7 @@ DWORD WINAPI FormatMessageW(
     DWORD width = dwFlags & FORMAT_MESSAGE_MAX_WIDTH_MASK;
     BOOL eos = FALSE;
     WCHAR ch;
+    LPDWORD args=(LPDWORD)_args;
 
     TRACE("(0x%x,%p,%d,0x%x,%p,%d,%p)\n",
           dwFlags,lpSource,dwMessageId,dwLanguageId,lpBuffer,nSize,args);