diff --git a/.githooks/post-merge b/.githooks/post-merge
index 725dc76..fece6e7 100755
--- a/.githooks/post-merge
+++ b/.githooks/post-merge
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ rm -f $OPKG_CMDS_TMP
 
 for fn in $(git diff-tree -r HEAD@{1} HEAD --name-only); do
     if grep -E -q "(DC.*json|dc.*hex|dc.*bin|tariff.*json)" <<< $fn; then
-        local fsize=$(ls -l $fn | awk '{ print $5 }')
+        fsize=$(ls -l $fn | awk '{ print $5 }')
         # add size so external programs can check
         echo "$fn $fsize" >> $GIT_PULL_TMP
     fi