diff --git a/src/win/tcp.c b/src/win/tcp.c
index 21409ede..51ef604e 100644
--- a/src/win/tcp.c
+++ b/src/win/tcp.c
@@ -252,10 +252,9 @@ static int uv__bind(uv_tcp_t* handle,
                     int addrsize) {
   DWORD err;
   int r;
-  SOCKET sock;
 
   if (handle->socket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
-    sock = socket(domain, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    SOCKET sock = socket(domain, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
     if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET) {
       uv__set_sys_error(handle->loop, WSAGetLastError());
       return -1;
diff --git a/src/win/udp.c b/src/win/udp.c
index 1964401e..81523c32 100644
--- a/src/win/udp.c
+++ b/src/win/udp.c
@@ -163,7 +163,6 @@ static int uv__bind(uv_udp_t* handle,
                     int addrsize,
                     unsigned int flags) {
   int r;
-  SOCKET sock;
   DWORD no = 0, yes = 1;
 
   if ((flags & UV_UDP_IPV6ONLY) && domain != AF_INET6) {
@@ -173,7 +172,7 @@ static int uv__bind(uv_udp_t* handle,
   }
 
   if (handle->socket == INVALID_SOCKET) {
-    sock = socket(domain, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
+    SOCKET sock = socket(domain, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
     if (sock == INVALID_SOCKET) {
       uv__set_sys_error(handle->loop, WSAGetLastError());
       return -1;
@@ -192,14 +191,14 @@ static int uv__bind(uv_udp_t* handle,
     /* TODO: how to handle errors? This may fail if there is no ipv4 stack */
     /* available, or when run on XP/2003 which have no support for dualstack */
     /* sockets. For now we're silently ignoring the error. */
-    setsockopt(sock,
+    setsockopt(handle->socket,
                IPPROTO_IPV6,
                IPV6_V6ONLY,
                (char*) &no,
                sizeof no);
   }
 
-  r = setsockopt(sock,
+  r = setsockopt(handle->socket,
                  SOL_SOCKET,
                  SO_REUSEADDR,
                  (char*) &yes,