diff --git a/src/xrAICore/Navigation/vertex_path_inline.h b/src/xrAICore/Navigation/vertex_path_inline.h
index 320b84034ab..fa10e178aac 100644
--- a/src/xrAICore/Navigation/vertex_path_inline.h
+++ b/src/xrAICore/Navigation/vertex_path_inline.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ inline void CVertexPathBuilder::get_node_path(xr_vector<Index> &path, Vertex *be
 {
     Vertex *t1 = best, *t2 = best->back();
     u32 i;
-    for (u32 i = 1; t2; t1 = t2, t2 = t2->back(), i++);
+    for (i = 1; t2; t1 = t2, t2 = t2->back(), i++);
     path.resize(i);
     t1 = best;
     path[--i] = best->index();