diff --git a/mozilla/webtools/tinderbox/processbuild.pl b/mozilla/webtools/tinderbox/processbuild.pl
index 3a6ea3b1444..7f7e157c668 100755
--- a/mozilla/webtools/tinderbox/processbuild.pl
+++ b/mozilla/webtools/tinderbox/processbuild.pl
@@ -27,12 +27,12 @@ umask 0;
 %MAIL_HEADER = ();
 $DONE = 0;
 $building = 0;
+$endsection = 0;
 
 open( LOG, "<$ARGV[0]") || die "cant open $!";
 &parse_mail_header;
 while ($DONE == 0) {
     %tbx = ();
-    $endsection = 0;
     &get_variables;
 
     # run thru if EOF and we haven't hit our section end marker