diff --git a/lib/metasync b/lib/metasync
index ca095c1..ee48497 100755
--- a/lib/metasync
+++ b/lib/metasync
@@ -282,6 +282,7 @@ batched = 0
 batch = []
 seen_dns = set()
 renames, creates, updates, deletes = 0, 0, 0, 0
+actions = []
 for results in batch_generator(rconn.paged_search_ext_s(
     args.ldap_basedn,
     ldap.SCOPE_SUBTREE,
@@ -297,7 +298,6 @@ for results in batch_generator(rconn.paged_search_ext_s(
         filters.append(filter_format(
                     filter_tpl, (objc, value)))
     found_dns = get_found_dns(filters)
-    actions = []
     for k, (dn, entry) in new_dns.iteritems():
         target_dn = new_dn(dn)
         seen_dns.add(target_dn)