diff --git a/src/switch_core_asr.c b/src/switch_core_asr.c
index 32cdb9d09b..2d1499c510 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_asr.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_asr.c
@@ -125,8 +125,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_asr_load_grammar(switch_asr_handle_t
 	/* set ASR params */
 	if (!switch_strlen_zero(param_string)) {
 		char *param[256] = { 0 };
+		int i;
 		switch_separate_string(param_string, ',', param, (sizeof(param) / sizeof(param[0])));
-		for (int i = 0; param[i]; ++i) {
+		for (i = 0; param[i]; ++i) {
 			char *param_pair[2] = { 0 };
 			if(switch_separate_string(param[i], '=', param_pair, (sizeof(param_pair) / sizeof(param_pair[0]))) == 2) {
 				switch_core_asr_text_param(ah, param_pair[0], param_pair[1]);
diff --git a/src/switch_core_speech.c b/src/switch_core_speech.c
index 6e4e8917cb..178fb39a8c 100644
--- a/src/switch_core_speech.c
+++ b/src/switch_core_speech.c
@@ -136,8 +136,9 @@ SWITCH_DECLARE(switch_status_t) switch_core_speech_feed_tts(switch_speech_handle
 	/* set TTS params */
 	if (!switch_strlen_zero(param_string)) {
 		char *param[256] = { 0 };
+		int i;
 		switch_separate_string(param_string, ',', param, (sizeof(param) / sizeof(param[0])));
-		for (int i = 0; param[i]; ++i) {
+		for (i = 0; param[i]; ++i) {
 			char *param_pair[2] = { 0 };
 			if(switch_separate_string(param[i], '=', param_pair, (sizeof(param_pair) / sizeof(param_pair[0]))) == 2) {
 				switch_core_speech_text_param_tts(sh, param_pair[0], param_pair[1]);