diff --git a/cpanel/admin/Gniza/Restore b/cpanel/admin/Gniza/Restore
index 7a5c89d..f1a1ea6 100644
--- a/cpanel/admin/Gniza/Restore
+++ b/cpanel/admin/Gniza/Restore
@@ -87,7 +87,8 @@ sub _run_gniza {
     my (@args) = @_;
 
     my $err_fh = gensym;
-    my $pid = eval { open3(my $in, my $out, $err_fh, $GNIZA_BIN, @args) };
+    my ($in, $out);
+    my $pid = eval { open3($in, $out, $err_fh, $GNIZA_BIN, @args) };
     unless ($pid) {
         return (0, '', "Failed to execute gniza: $@");
     }